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Hedegaardite

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Hedegaardite

XRD & EDS confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Colourless hedegaardite rhombs as powdery white masses with high luster on matrix. XRD & EDS analysed. Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hedegaardite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)9(Ca,Na)Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
Group Parent: 
Whitlockite Group
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Type Locality: 
Cerro Mejillones, Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile & Lobos Mine, Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile...
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Hedegaardite
Analysis Report - only: Hedegaardite
Analysis Report - only: Hedegaardite