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Väyrynenite

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Väyrynenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Chutran, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Vayrynenite is a very rare manganese-beryllium phosphate that occurs as pinkish-orange crystals like this one. The specimen has some translucid areas (first photo). It is an alteration product of beryl and triphylite in complex granitic pegmatites.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Väyrynenite

Formula: 
Mn2+Be(PO4)(OH,F)
Strunz: 
8.BA.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland

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