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Heterosite

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Weight: 
680.00gr
Description

An exceptionel specimen with very large idiomorph purple heterosite crystals and massive white quartz.

Heterosite crystals of this size are rare.

The specimen may be split also into two good smaller samples - ( last two pictures)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Heterosite

Formula: 
(Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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