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.

Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl - PMRARE15-061 - Lavra Quixaba - Brazil Mineral Specimen

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

Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl - PMRARE15-061 - Lavra Quixaba - Brazil Mineral Specimen

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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)

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Rare Fluornatromicrolite (type locality) with Muscovite, Albite, and Schorl - PMRARE15-061 - Lavra Quixaba - Brazil Mineral Specimen