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Bleasdalite & Turquoise

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Bleasdalite & Turquoise

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Description
Locality: 
Lake Boga Granite Quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

 Small  brown aggregated of the rare phosphate species bleasdaleite associated with spheres of light greenish translucent turquoise. This is the type and only locality for this very rare species. The granitic matrix is coated with fine yellowish crusts of possibly cyrilovite and associated with some crystalline black ferberite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
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