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Florencite-(Ce) On Quartz

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Florencite-(Ce) On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

On a very nice group of quartz crystals there are a handful of nice orange crystals of rare florencite-(Ce) scattered on a side. Dark is hematite. Very nice miniature.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Florencite-(Ce)

Formula: 
CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Mata dos Crioulos (Matta dos Creoulos), Santo Antônio do Itambé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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