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Eosphorite With Pollucite

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Eosphorite With Pollucite

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Description
Locality: 
Parun, Wama District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

 An interesting association of sharp well terminated, gemmy, lustrous eosphorite crystals & white colorless pollucite  .

New find from Paroon, Pech, Afghanistan. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eosphorite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Pollucite

Formula: 
(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
La Speranza (Pisani's Quarry), San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...

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