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Burangaite & Gatumbaite

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Burangaite & Gatumbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Buranga Pegmatite, Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Blue burangaite crystals associated to white gatumbaite from the type locality for both minerals.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burangaite

Formula: 
NaFe2+Al5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Gatumbaite

Formula: 
CaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DJ.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
white
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

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