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Zanazziite & Kosnarite

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Zanazziite & Kosnarite

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Description
Locality: 
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Lot of pale-brown sphericals aggregates of zanazziite crystals are spread on crystalline albite matrix together with some sharp, milk-white/colorless crystals of kosnarite.  Very good sample.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zanazziite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kosnarite

Formula: 
KZr2(PO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.60
Crystal System: 
Trigonal Pseudo-cubic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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