Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl - PMRARE15-061 - Lavra Quixaba - Brazil Mineral Specimen
Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl, Lavra Quixaba, Frei Martinho, Paraiba, Brazil, cabinet, 7.0 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm, Well-formed, green-brown, octahedral crystals of fluornatromicrolite to 4mm in a granite pegmatite matrix consisting of silvery, equigranular muscovite, fleshy albite, and small, black, striated schorl crystals. Although labeled as "bismutomicrolite", the Microlite Group mineral at the Quixaba pegmatite was determined to be fluornatromicrolite as described in 1998, but not published until 2011 due to the revised nomenclature of the Microlite Group and Pyrochlore Supergroup. This specimen is from the type locality. Ex. Paulo Matioli collection.
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Well-formed, green-brown, octahedral crystals of fluornatromicrolite to 4mm in a granite pegmatite matrix consisting of silvery, equigranular muscovite, fleshy albite, and small, black, striated schorl crystals. Although labeled as bismutomicrolite, the Microlite Group mineral at the Quixaba pegmatite was determined to be fluornatromicrolite as described in 1998, but not published until 2011 due to the revised nomenclature of the Microlite Group and Pyrochlore Supergroup. This specimen is from the type locality. Ex. Paulo Matioli collection.
Mineral Specimen: Albite with Muscovite - Fabre Minerals
Reference Specimens / Brazil / Fabre Minerals
Reference Specimens / Brazil / Fabre Minerals
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Reference Specimens / Brazil / Fabre Minerals
Well-formed, green-brown, octahedral crystals of fluornatromicrolite to 4mm in a granite pegmatite matrix consisting of silvery, equigranular
Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl
7.9 Muscovite On White Albite Association - Brazil (#95578) For Sale
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Schorl Mineral Specimens
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Rare Crystals and Fine Minerals - Paulo Matioli Collection
Excellent cluster of sharp, attractive Fluorapatite crystals nicely placed on a matrix of lustrous white Albite. The Fluorapatites are nestled
Fluorapatite (fl) on Albite (fl)
Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl - PMRARE15-061 - Lavra Quixaba - Brazil Mineral Specimen