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Dufrénite Leucophosphite & Natrodufrénite

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Dufrénite Leucophosphite & Natrodufrénite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm
Description

Two sides of this specimen has a rich coverage of olive green dufrenite onto which glassy clear crystals of leucophosphite have formed, at one end of the specimen in a vughy area, small clusters of black natrodufrenite crystals have formed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dufrénite

Formula: 
Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Anglar, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

Leucophosphite

Formula: 
KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ninghanboun Hills serpentinite, Weelhamby Lake, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Natrodufrénite

Formula: 
NaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Pluherlin Castle, Rochefort-en-Terre, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Earthstones Australia

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