Specimen #1676

Name: Kosnarite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Jenipapo district, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2009-10-16

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: A very "rare" zirconium phosphate. - Lustrous colourless or creamy-white dipyramidal crystals usually on Phlogopite with Quartz.

Minerals: Kosnarite (KZr⁺⁺⁺⁺₂(PO₄)₃) Phlogopite (KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂) Quartz (SiO₂)

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Kosnarite, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil - FOV: 14.1 x 9.4 mm (17 stacked images)