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Sasaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Breitenau Mine, Hochlantsch, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

Sasaite occurs as pale blue-green, pearly botryodal crust and gel like masses on graphite schist matrix. It is an very rare aluminium and iron bearing phosphate-sulphate mineral, occurs only at few localities worldwide. Very good specimen, has been collected in the 80's

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Sasaite

Formula: 
(Al,Fe3+)14(PO4)11(SO4)(OH)7·83H2O
Strunz: 
8.DB.55
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
West Driefontein cave, Carletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand (West Wits Line), West Rand District (West Rand), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Loranth Minerals

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