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Mélonjosephite

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Mélonjosephite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm
Description

Dark green to nearly black microcrystals of the very rare phosphate mineral melonjosephite on triphylite matrix.

SEM-EDS confirmed specimen. Analyse available to the buyer.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mélonjosephite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Greenish
Type Locality: 
Angarf-South pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco