Hureaulite & Rockbridgeite

Cigana mine,(Jocão claim), Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Reference: 2147

Small miniature of well crystallised pink Hureaulite partially overgrown with a little Rockbridgeite. Excellent hureaulite crystals for such a rare specie and little has come out of this famous manganese pegmatite deposit since the exceptional find in the mid 1990's.

Formulas: Hureaulite Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂ ^. 4H₂O ; Rockbridgite Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₅