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Collinsite On Parahopeite & Scholzite

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Collinsite On Parahopeite & Scholzite

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Description
Locality: 
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 9 × 6.8 cm
Description

A large cavity dominates the top and sides of this specimen. The cavity is completely lined with pale brown parahopeite crystals over which white collinsites crystals have grown, Subsequently a series of scholzite crystals have formed radial sprays across the cavity.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Collinsite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mg,Fe2+)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Francois Lake phosphate occurrence, Francois Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Parahopeite

Formula: 
Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.70
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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