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Calcioferrite & Montgomeryite

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Calcioferrite & Montgomeryite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

Pale to lemon yellow bladed cluster of the rare phosphate calcioferrite ith clear crystals of montgomeryite in a phosphatic matrix from Klemms Quarry in the Barossa Valley

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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