Mineralpedia Details for Hydroxylherderite
Hydroxylherderite
- Formula
- CaBePO4(OH)
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Cleavage
- Indistinct, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- blue, blue green, colorless, greenish white, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Sub Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5-5.5
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Hydroxylherderite from Sabsar, Skardu dist., Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
I would be remiss to not include a pegmatite mineral from Pakistan. So, a pale green 2cm nice crystal on Microcline.
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Hydroxylherderite from Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
An excellent well-formed light purple, rare, crystal of Hydroxylherderite.
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