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Scorzalite

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Description
Locality: 
Felgar, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.3 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
177.00gr
Description

This is a big and very good representative specimen for the locality, featuring numerous deep blue prismatic crystals of scorzalite, oriented in a slightly deformed rock. The specimen was cut and slightly polished on both sides by Dorsan Vanpoel, who found and collected some pieces in the old iron mines near Felgar, on 2016 and 2017.

Acquired in 19/03/2017. Ex Gustaaf collection #1720, with his handwritten label.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scorzalite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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