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Phosphoellenbergerite

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Phosphoellenbergerite

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Description
Locality: 
Masueria, Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Phosphoellenbergerite is a rare magnesium-phosphate species and the specimen comes from the Type Locality. It forms blue glassy grains in pale pink pyrop-coesit-phengite matrix. The brown fragments in the matrix is rutile. Unique high-pressure white schist mineralization.

Mineral Data
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Phosphoellenbergerite

Formula: 
Mg14(PO4)6(HPO4,CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BB.55
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Loranth Minerals

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