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Hureaulite

Named after the type locality of the mineral at Les Hureaux in Saint-Sylvestre, Limousin, France. Hureaulite is an uncommon mineral that can be found in additional localities in France, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Finland, the United States including here in South Dakota in the Tip Top, Bull Moose, and White Elephant mines among many others in the Black Hills, Brazil, Rwanda, and Pakistan, among others. It is a secondary mineral that forms late-stage in granite pegmatites by the alteration of primary phosphates.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/hureaulite.pdf
- Formula
- Mn2+5(PO4)2(PO3OH)2ยท4H2O
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Massive, Compact, Fibrous
- Cleavage
- Distinct, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Greasy
- Color
- red, white, grayish white, yellowish white, reddish white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Brittle - Uneven
- Hardness
- 5
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Hureaulite from Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States

Light pink or salmon colored crystals to 1.5cm associated with bright green Tavorite and/or glassy brown Jahnsite (CaMnMg) and light purple to grey Leucophosphite.
Hureaulite from Mangualde, Viseu dist., Portugal

Pink crystals aggregates to 3mm covering most of matrix associated with black Rockbridgeite.
Hureaulite from Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cluster of beautiful pink Hureaulite crystals to 1cm. Overall 6cm specimen.
Hureaulite from Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Superb, fine mineral specimen with pinkish red, translucent crystals of Hureaulite to 8mm in divergent groups and showing excellent terminations. It is associated with 0.5mm crystals of equant, shiny black Barbosalite crystals, which also comprises the matrix.
This specimen was featured as an entry in the Barlow book on page 142 (specimen 2557) and comes with the tag.
Hureaulite from Jocão pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Exceptional pink, large crystals to 9mm with most being good, well-defined crystals to about 6-7mm. Near the center is the black, botryoidal Rockbridgeite, a typical association.
Hureaulite from Hagendorf-Süd, Oberpfälzer Wald, Bavaria, Germany
Dark pinkish red crystals to 1cm in a cluster. Exceptional specimen from this locality.