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Cacoxenite & Rashleighite

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Cacoxenite & Rashleighite

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Description
Locality: 
Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

A specimen of bluegreen rashleigite with goldenyellow cacoxenite and minor strengite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Rashleighite

Variety Of: 

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe)6(PO4)4(OH)8·5H2O
Hardness: 
0.0