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Dufrénite & Faustite

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Dufrénite & Faustite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Radial clusters of brown to greenish brown dufrenite is coated with pale blue crystals of faustite , the rare zincian analogue of turquoise. A few very small yellow cyrilovite crystals are scattered on the faustite crystals

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

Faustite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Compact masses
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Copper King mine, Schroeder Mt, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
Earthstones Australia

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