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Phosphosiderite In Triphylite

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Phosphosiderite In Triphylite

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Description
Locality: 
Jakkalswater, Steinkopf, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

A small cavity in massive dark brown triphylite is lined with bluish purple phosphosiderite from the remote Jakkalswater, Namaqualand

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Triphylite

Formula: 
LiFe2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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