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Aldermanite & Crandallite On Wavellite

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Aldermanite & Crandallite On Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 8.4 × 3.1 cm
Description

White crandallite masses and white blocky aldermanite on a bed of wavellite crystals

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...

Crandallite

Formula: 
CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brooklyn Mine, Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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