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Phosphohedyphane & Willemite

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Phosphohedyphane & Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Nice sample of white phosphohedyphane 'urchins' with colorless willemite crystals.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: 
Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium