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Phosphosiderite & Barbosalite On Triplite

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Phosphosiderite & Barbosalite On Triplite

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Description
Locality: 
Wiperaminga Hill, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Lusterous violet phosphosiderite crystals in low mounds of crystals richly cover a triplite matrix. Black micro crystals of barbosalite are scattered amongst the phosphosiderite groups. This specimen is from Mcmahon's Quarry which is also known as Wiperaminga Hill and McMahons Pegmatite on Kalabity Station in the Olary District

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Barbosalite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Triplite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Chanteloube, Razès, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Earthstones Australia

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