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Qingheiite & Beusite

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Qingheiite & Beusite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Ana Pegmatite, Totoral, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

specimen with some crystalline aggregates of intense green qingheiite associste with light brownish crystalline beusite in matrix, two rare mineral.

c. 6659

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

Beusite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Los Aleros pegmatite, Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis, Argentina

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