Mineral name
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Macraeite
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Mineral specimen with microscopic light yellow macraeit crystals |
Hölzel-No.
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- |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2023-065 |
Chemical formula
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K(H2O)Mn2(Fe2Ti)(PO4)4[O(OH)](H2O)10 · 4H2O |
Type locality
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Portugal, Viseu district, close to Mangualde, near to the village of Mesquita |
Associated minerals
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In phosphate nodules of weathered triplite, heterosite and lithiophilite, associated with strengite, bermanite, phosphosiderite and occasional switzerite. |
Collection
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Museum Reich der Kristalle - Mineralogische Staatssammlung München |
Contact person
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Dr. Melanie Kaliwoda |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MSM 38050 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Macraeite, K(H2O)Mn2(Fe2Ti)(PO4)4[O(OH)](H2O)10 · 4H2O, a new monoclinic paulkerrite-group mineral, from the Cubos–Mesquitela–Mangualde pegmatite, Portugal.
Grey, I.E., Rewitzer, C., Hochleitner, R., Kampf, A.R., Boer, S., Mumme,W.G., and Wilson, N.C. (2024)
Eur. J. Mineral. , 36, 267-278 |
Notes / Further information
Collected by Christian Rewitzer in 1984. |
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