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Eosphorite

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MGR1055024

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Description
Locality: 
Lavra de Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

Extremely rich in esophorite loaded specimen from Brazil. There are almost two dozen of lustrous and well formed crystals nicely spresd over the bright matrix. They show a deep satturated reddish-orange colouration with mostly well terminated tips.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eosphorite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA