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Perloffite

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Perloffite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

A very touch quartzite matrix hosts a cavity lined with druzy quartz. Perched on the quartz are dark brown clusters of perloffite, malachite and some minor cuprite.
A very rare mineral from a now closed locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perloffite

Formula: 
Ba(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BH.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Big Chief Mine (Johnson pegmatite), Glendale, Keystone District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA
Earthstones Australia

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