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Xanthoxenite On Ushkovite

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Xanthoxenite On Ushkovite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

Rich dark green xanthoxenite on superb blades of ushkovite. The crystals of ushkovite are very large both for this locality and the species

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xanthoxenite

Formula: 
Ca4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Ushkovite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 232, Bol'shoi Tatkul' Lake, Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...
Earthstones Australia

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