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Perhamite Psm Minyulite

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Perhamite Psm Minyulite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Perhamite is an uncommon, rarely seen phosphate species which has on this specimen pseudomorphed equally rare minyulite crystals and also wavellite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perhamite

Formula: 
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Minyulite

Formula: 
KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Earthstones Australia

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