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Perhamite

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Perhamite

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Description
Locality: 
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with very rich crystals of perhamite on matrix. The crystals are stained by iron oxides. One of the best examples of this species I have seen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perhamite

Formula: 
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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