Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH        BRAZILIANITE     NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4            Back to Chickering front page.
Specimen owner ID's (capitals): TM = Tom Mortimer, BW = Bob Wilken, BJ = Bob Janules, PC = Peter Cristofono, AW = Anna Wilken
Photographer ID's (lower case).
Identification: BRA_1 => EDS analysis - sodium has very poor response with instrument detector.
Discussion:
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BRAZILIANITE      ?? mm brazilianite crystal      AW     Photo: BRA_1   [bw]
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BRAZILIANITE      2 mm field of view.   Brazilianite with wardite.     AW     Photo: BRA_2   [bw]
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BRAZILIANITE     Pair of parrallel, prismatic, 1.5 mm brazilianite crystals spanning siderite vug. Front crystal has termination on left. Bright internal reflections seemed unavoidable.     TM     Photo: BRA_3   [tm]
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BRAZILIANITE      1 mm golden, prismatic, terminated brazilianite crystal.     TM     Photo: BRA_5   [tm]
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BRAZILIANITE      0.6 mm terminated, prismatic, brazilianite crystal parallel pair, with manganese? oxide coating.
     TM     Photo: BRA_6   [tm]