Specimen #1667

Name: Ushkovite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Lavra de Eduardo, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2009-10-13

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Very good phosphate combination pieces with pale yellow to orangey-yellow flattened triclinic crystals on Albite +/- Leucophosphite, Cyrilovite and Frondelite on Albite.

Minerals: Albite (NaAlSi3O8) Cyrilovite (NaFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)4 2(H2O)) Frondelite (Mn++Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5) Leucophosphite (KFe+++2(PO4)2(OH) 2(H2O)) Ushkovite (MgFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 8(H2O))

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Ushkovite, Lavra de Eduardo, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil - FOV: 9.8 x 6.5 mm (7 stacked images)