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Montgomeryite & Fluorapatite On Variscite

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Montgomeryite & Fluorapatite On Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 8.8 × 7 cm
Description

A superb handspecimen og well crystallised white montgomeryite rosettes completely covered variscite variety ferrian variscite with the odd apatite crystal thrown in for good measure.

The effect of the red variscite underlaying the montgomeryite is most attractive with the montgomeryite appearing to actually being a soft pink colour

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Montgomeryite

Formula: 
Ca4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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