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Hannayite

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Hannayite

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Description
Locality: 
Skipton Caves, Mount Widderin, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm
Description

First discovered in 1878 and exceedingly rare, Skipton Caves is the type locality for the unusual phos[phate: hannayite. The crystals are small colourless to pale yellowish on a brown matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hannayite

Formula: 
(NH4)2Mg3H4(PO4)4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Skipton Caves (Skipton lava caves; Mt Widderin Caves), Mt. Widderin (Anderson's Hill), Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia...
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