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Tinsleyite Minyulite & Wavellite

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Tinsleyite Minyulite & Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 8.9 × 6.3 cm
Description

A section of phosphatic gossan has two adjoining cavities the first is lined with radial sprays of wavellite and minyulite and the second with with grape like balls of tinsleyite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tinsleyite

Formula: 
KAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, 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

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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