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Beusite & Lithiophilite

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Beusite & Lithiophilite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Aleros Pegmatite, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Representative brown beusite with dark lithiophilite from this argentinian locality. This sample is from a pegmatite 800 meters W of Santa Ana pegmatite; near town of Paso del Rey.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beusite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Los Aleros pegmatite, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis, Argentina

Lithiophilite

Formula: 
LiMn2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA