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Ludlamite & Vivianite

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Ludlamite & Vivianite

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Description
Locality: 
Cabeça do Cachorro Claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 12 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Ludlamite crystals with parallel growths and very well defined faces and edges,translucent,very bright,with a very intense green color on a matrix of mainly brown speroidal siderite,escorted by a bright blue-green vivianite crystal.
Isolated crystals,big for the locality.The main crystals show the best quality.No significant damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ludlamite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Jane (Falmouth Consolidated Mines), Baldhu, Kea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

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