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Biotite

Serra da Freita, Arouca, Aveiro District, Portugal

Biotite Nodule in granite ( Specimen collected at what is known as "Pedra Parideira", or Birthing stone. The local people give this name because the mother-rock (granite) seems to "give birth" expelling smaller rocks (the biotite nodules)
Photo ID: 20488    View Count: 595

Staurolite : (Fe2+,Mg,Zn)1.5-2Al9[O6|(OH,O)2|(SiO4)4]

Serra da Freita, Arouca, Aveiro District, Portugal

Photo ID: 20539    View Count: 314
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