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Senegalite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Kedougou, Senegal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.6 × 5 cm
Description

One of the few better specimen left from my 2007/2008 tours. 

The type locality is practically empty since 2010, when I re-visited. All better material went to museums in Germany and other European countries. 

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

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