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Aldermanite Minyulite & Fluellite

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Aldermanite Minyulite & Fluellite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2 × 7.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Pearly white aldermanite crystals scattered across clear minyulite and fluellite crystals.

This collection of phosphate minerals is sharply contrasted by a dark brown limonitic matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aldermanite

Formula: 
Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22·32H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia...

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

Fluellite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Stenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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