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Dufrénite

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Dufrénite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 15.5 × 6.8 cm
Description

An unusually large dufrenite specimen with a very rich coverage of pale gold to olive coloured crystals on a contrasting massive hematite base. A beautiful display specimen of this rare iron phosphate in crystal form.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dufrénite

Formula: 
Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Anglar, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Earthstones Australia

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