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Gorceixite On Hematite

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Gorceixite On Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm
Description

A group of elongated gorceixite crystals on a bed of haematite blades and some druzy quartz, the top of the specimen has a red iron staining

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gorceixite

Formula: 
BaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Earthstones Australia

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