Dear Brazilians of Bluesky, did you know there's a mineral named after your country? Brazilianite is a phosphate mineral which forms in phosphate rich zones in granite pegmatites. It was discovered in Brazil in 1945, which is how it got its name #minerals#geology#museums ⚒️🧪🇧🇷

I had no idea. I don't remember a thing of physical geography from school, lol

i have a little specimen of brazilianite. very beatyfull

Thank you for letting us know! Not to be confused with a non-mineral species know as Brazilianists, whose “expert” takes on our continental country are probably worth far less than a 1 ounce Brazilianite.

looks like something you'd bring home from the dispensary

There is another mineral, described by the first in Brazil. This is Andradita, for José Bonifáciode Andrada e Silva, an important politic and pater patriae during the first years of Brazil as an Empire, after the independence from Portugal.

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