#frondelite

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Correianevesite, Frondelite-Rockbridgeite Series

Fe2+Mn2+2(PO4)2·3H2O,   Mn2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 to Fe2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5

Locality:

Jocão pegmatite (Cigana claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Largest Crystal Size: 3 mm

In the foreground, a light brown rhombic bipyramid crystal of correianevesite. Note the growing phantom consisting of minute black crystals of a mineral belonging to the Frondelite-Rockbridgeite Series. 

Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini

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FRONDELITE  

Colour: dark brown, ocher-yellow, red-brown, orange, greenish brown 

Found in: Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Namibia, Portugal, Sweden, UK, US.

Named after Clifford Frondel, American mineralogist, Professor of Mineralogy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A stone which is said to remove negative energy, and provides a detox of the emotions.  Good with OCDs (Obsessive Compulsive Disorders), particularly about dirt and bacteria.

Health: balances the immune system. Hold against the wrist when suffering with carpal tunnel or RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury).

REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Hall J (2009): Crystals 2

Lindberg (1949) Frondelite and the frondelite-rockbridgeite series. American Mineralogist: 34: 541-549. Lindberg, M.L. (1960) Crystal habit of frondelite, Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 400B: 429–430. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 867-869. 

Photograph: taken from Mindat, copyright © Stephan Wolfsried 2005 More photographs can be found here:  http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=1614 This is not an advertisement/endorsement of any seller or dealer above any other. Other companies selling this item are available. Text copyright: © madcatwoman 2013, www.madcatwoman.co.uk For detailed healing properties and photographs of many of the more common gemstones and minerals, please visit the Madcatwoman Enterprise Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madcatwoman-Enterprises/139677792795144?ref=hl&sk=photos_albums