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Moraesite

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Moraesite

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Description
Locality: 
Eitzing Quarry, Oberfrauenwald, Waldkirchen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 1.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

White to brownish sprays of moraesite on matrix.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Moraesite

Formula: 
Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil