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Childrenite & Kingsmountite

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Childrenite & Kingsmountite

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Description
Locality: 
Pedra da Moura Mine, São Lourenço de Touvedo, Ponte da Barca, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

specimen with some groups of yellowish crystals of kingsmountite with some nice brown aggregates of chidrenite.

c. 6975

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

Kingsmountite

Formula: 
Ca4(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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