Brazilianite
| ID | 463 | |
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| Mineral | Brazilianite | |
| Location | Minas Gerais - Brazil | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 760 |
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| Long ID | 1:1:760:1 |
| Formula |
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| General Appearance | Large, form-rich, euhedral crystals. |
| Occurrence | Granite pegmatite. |
| Other Occurrences | Phosphate zones in granitic pegmatites. Metamorphosed sedimentary deposits. |
| Discovery Year | 1945 |
| Diapheny | Transparent |
| Cleavage | Good on {010} |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | Chartreuse yellow, pale yellow, yellow green, colourless; coloured varieties are colourless in transmitted light. |
| Hardness (min) | 5.5 |
| Hardness (max) | 5.5 |
| About the name | Named by Frederick Harvey Pough and Edward Porter Henderson in 1945 for the type locality country, Brazil, where it was first found. |
| Streak | White |
| Crystal System | Monoclinic |
| Cleavage Type | Distinct/Good |
| Fracture type | Conchoidal |
| Morphology |
Typically short prismatic, spearhead shaped, elongated [100], with large {011} and |
| UV | Not fluorescent, |
| Thermal Behaviour | In a closed tube, it decrepitates slightly and gives off water. Fuses with difficulty, coloring the flame yellow. Slightly expands on heating, forming a white product. At low temperatures, the yellow color is lost and the crystals become colorless. |
| Publication Year | 1945 |
| shortcode_ima | Bzl |
Details
Price: € 35
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: Not registered
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Notes:
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| Symbol | Element | |
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| Al | Aluminium | |
| H | Hydrogen | |
| Na | Sodium | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| P | Phosphorus |
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