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Heterosite

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Heterosite

ex Comptoir Minéralogique et Géologique Suisse
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Description
Locality: 
Limoges, Haute Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
132.00gr
Description

Heterosite is a Fe-Mn phosphate. This specimen features dark purplish masses of heterosite in matrix and is from the type locality for heterosite Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Limoges.

Comes with old Comptoir Géologique et Minéralogique Suisse label dated 19th century. Henri Minod established the Comptoir Minéralogique et Géologique de Genève ("Mineralogical and Geological dealership of Geneva") in the 1890s. Minod made a deal with the Swiss Government to be the sole distributor of specimens and specimen sets from the Simplon Tunnel in 1899. The Comptoir Minéralogique et Géologique Suisse of Grebel, Wendler & Cie. ultimately absorbed the Comptoir Minéralogique et Géologique de Genève of Henry Minod in 1903.

 

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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