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Beusite & Qingheiite

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Beusite & Qingheiite

Rare Mineral

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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: 
1.6 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm
Description

Pinkish brown crystal aggregates of the very rare phosphate mineral beusite associated to extremely rare green qingheiite (photos 1 and 4) from a locality in Argentina.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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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