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Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

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Alluaudite : (Na,Ca)Mn2+(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2(PO4)3

Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Picture width is 8mm. Yellow-brown masses of Alluaudite. Depth of field is achieved with CombineZM.
 © Elmar LacknerPhoto ID: 80380    View Count: 506

Berlinite : Al[PO4], Scorzalite : (Fe2+,Mg)Al2[OH|PO4]2, Brazilianite : NaAl3[(OH)2|PO4]2

Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Greyish finecrystaline agregate of berlinite with blue scorzalite inclusions within light-greenish massive brazilianite. FOV is ~5x4 cm. Polished specimen. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 145755    View Count: 148

Bertossaite : (Li,Na)2(Ca,Fe2+,Mn2+)Al4[(OH,F)|PO4]4, Apatite, Lazulite : (Mg,Fe2+)Al2[OH|PO4]2

Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Pale pinkish bertossaite, with yellowish colored apatite and blue lazulite.
1.5 cm specimen. S131-10
Courtesy of Excalibur Mineral Company.
 © 2007, JGWPhoto ID: 140042    View Count: 222

Brazilianite : NaAl3[(OH)2|PO4]2, Berlinite : Al[PO4], Scorzalite : (Fe2+,Mg)Al2[OH|PO4]2

Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Polished specimen of different phosphates from famous Buranga pegmatite. Main mineral here is light-green brazilianite, containing pockets of greyish fine-crystaline berlinite coloured by dark-blue scorzalite. Minute quartz and white inclusions of gatumbaite and carbonatapatite also present here. Specimen size is 12x6x1.5 cm. Collected in 60th. ...
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 145761    View Count: 133

Burangaite : (Na,Ca0.5)(Fe2+,Mg)Al5[(OH,O)3|(PO4)2]2 · 2H2O

Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Blue Burangaite from the TL.
Field of view 5 mm.
Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
 © Leon HupperichsPhoto ID: 103180    View Count: 195

Montebrasite : LiAl[(OH,F)|PO4]

Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

Size: 4 x 2 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 96163    View Count: 133
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