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Graftonite & Sarcopside

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Graftonite & Sarcopside

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Description
Locality: 
Sidi Bou Kricha, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 5.6 × 3.5 cm
Description

A nodule of crystallized Graftonite from a pegmatitic vein at Sidi-Bou-Kricha (near Marrakech,) an uncommon locality in Morocco. The specimen has been analysed by SEM-EDS, and minor sarcopside has been also detected.

Self-collected in August 29th, 2015.

Detailed information can be found in:

Huvelin et al., (1971). Notes Serv . Géol . Maroc., T31, N°237, p277.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Graftonite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+,Ca)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Melvin Mountain, Grafton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Sarcopside

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Michałkowa (Michelsdorf), Sowie Mts, Sudetes Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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