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Senegalite On Augelite

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Senegalite On Augelite

self collected 2007/8
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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Kedougou, Senegal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5 × 4.8 cm
Description

One of the best Senegalites that is left from my tours. Very nice botryoidal augelite (similar material has been analyzed for the article in Lapis magazine 2007 - and it was not turquoise), powdered with very good senegalite crystals. The senegalite crystals built a closed surface on the augelite in parts.This is a very nice, aesthetic specimen. I had it trimmed professionally.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Senegalite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)(OH)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal

Augelite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Västanå Iron Mine (Westanå Mine), Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne, Sweden

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