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Hureaulite On Rockbridgeite

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Hureaulite On Rockbridgeite

Ex Luís Leite specimen
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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Numerous og sparkling, rose to meat-coloured crystals of manganoan phosphate hureaulite on black ironphosphate rockbridgite as silky lustrous aggregates. The monoclinic hureaulite is well defined, sharp edged and transparent as well. A super piece, former owned by Luís Leite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

Rockbridgeite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Strunz: 
8.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA
Wendel Minerals

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