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Goyazite

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Goyazite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4 × 4.5 cm
Description

This is a very fine and rich goayzite specimen from Lengenbach.

Several orangebrown, lustrous goyacite crystals on a bed of white dolomite from the very famous locality in Switzerland.

Ex Toni Imhof collection, Switzerland

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goyazite

Formula: 
SrAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil