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Triphylite & Alluaudite

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Triphylite & Alluaudite

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Description
Locality: 
Boa Vista Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Blocky mass of is made of greyish-blue triphylite and blueish vivianite. Masses of crystallized surround yellow to caramel-brown crystallized alluaudite.

Acquired by Bob Janssens in 1995, specimen #713.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triphylite

Formula: 
LiFe2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Alluaudite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)Mn2+(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2(PO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden

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