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Bertossaite

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Description
Locality: 
Buranga Pegmatite, Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Pale pinkish bertossaite with colourless trolleite. Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bertossaite

Formula: 
(Li,Na)2(Ca,Fe2+,Mn2+)Al4(PO4)4(OH,F)4
Strunz: 
8.BH.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Pale pink
Type Locality: 
Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda