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Whiteite-(CaMnMg)

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Whiteite-(CaMnMg)

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Description
Locality: 
Murundu mine, Jenipapo District, Itingal, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

a large muscovite crystal group hosts hundreds of brown, lustrous whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals from a recent find

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whiteite-(CaMnMg)

Formula: 
{Ca}{Mn2+}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA