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Peisleyite & Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

White peisleyite on wavellite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Peisleyite

Formula: 
Na2Al9[(P,S)O4]8(OH)6•28H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tom's quarry (Tom's Phosphate quarry; Clutterbuck Bros; PM 315; Sobey; BHP; ML 4993), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia...

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK