Mineral: Minasgeraisite-(Y)
Locality: Jaguaraçu pegmatite, Jaguaraçu, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 0.5 x 0.5 x 1.5 cm / main crystal: 0.6 cm

Description: Mass: 1 g MIM number:1857 Well formed, purple translucent crystal on a shard of silvery muscovite. It is supposedly the biggest crystal of this rare species. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Ex collection Rolando Gioia (Brazil)

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