Montebrasite - Lavra da Ilha, Brazil

Roscherite from Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

This may be the largest Wardite crystal I have ever seen. It is colorless, murky white with good form and 1.2cm across! The matrix is Quartz and it is

Wardite

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Ricardo SCHOLZ, Professor, Dr., Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Department of Geology

Wardite mineral information and data

This is a remarkable crystal of aqua-coloured montebrasite. It is from a find in the late 1970s at the Lavra da Ilha. I had certainly never seen

Montebrasite

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Montebrasite Geology Page

Brazil Update - November 2015

Marin Mineral Company - Zanazziite, Eosphorite on Quartz from Lavra da Ilha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Montebrasite: Mineral information, data and localities.