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Calcioferrite & Montgomeryite

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Calcioferrite & Montgomeryite

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Description
Locality: 
Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Yellow crystal of the very rare phosphate mineral calcioferrite with some off white montgomeryite crystal.

This material was collected in the early 1980's at  moculta and now is exceedingly difficult to find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcioferrite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Battenberg, Grünstadt-Land, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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
Earthstones Australia

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