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Qingheiite

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Description
Locality: 
Qinghe County, Aletai Prefecture, Xingjiang Autonomous Region, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A yellow single crystal aggregate of the extremely rare mineral qingheiite from the TL In Qinghe Co. , China.

Mineral very rarely seen offered from the TL !

Probably analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum, but the analysis is no longer available)

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Qingheiite

Formula: 
NaMn3+Mg(Al,Fe3+)(PO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Palegreen
Type Locality: 
Unnamed pegmatite occurrence, Qinghe Co. (Qinggil Co.; Chinggil Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China

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