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Bertossaite & Burangaite

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Bertossaite & Burangaite

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Description
Locality: 
Buranga Pegmatite, Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Bertossaite is a rare calcium-rich, lithium phosphate, it's the crystalline, faintly pink portions of this sample. There are, pale-bluish patches of burangaite. Bertossaite and burangaite are rare and having been found at only a handfull of localities worldwide, the sample comes from the type locality of both.

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What's on the rock

Bertossaite

Formula: 
(Li,Na)2(Ca,Fe2+,Mn2+)Al4(PO4)4(OH,F)4
Strunz: 
8.BH.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Pale pink
Type Locality: 
Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

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

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Italy up to 100 g. €.9.00 - up to 250 g. €.10.00
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Europe up to 100 g. €.12.00 - up to 250 €.14.00
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America, Africa, Asia, up to 100g. €.14.00 up to 250g. €.18.00
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