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Childrenite, Quartz, Orthoclase


Childrenite : (Fe2+,Mn2+)Al[(OH)2|PO4] · H2O, Quartz : SiO2, Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8]

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Locality: Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Clear brown prismatic crystals of childrenite, some of them doubly terminated, with white Quartz and on matrix of Orthoclase.
Size: 5,9 x 5,4 x 3,0 cm. (main crystal; 1,2 x 0,6 x 0,3 cm.

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