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Eosphorite Gormanite-Souzalite Series & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Gentil Claim, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Several elongated eosphorite crystals on green gormanite-souzalite, associated to pale blue fluorapatite.

A true enjoyment under the scope!

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
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

Gormanite-Souzalite Series

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O to (Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany