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Schorl With Roscherite

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Schorl With Roscherite

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Description
Locality: 
Pirineus Claim, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

A unique Miniature specimen with a cluster of well terminated and lustrous Schorl on Feldspar crowned with a wonderful Roscherite Group Ball on the Top.

The back of the specimen is also covered by Roscherite group.

Roscherite Ball with 8mm of Diameter

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Roscherite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals or platy aggregates
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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