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Phosphuranylite & Sabugalite

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Phosphuranylite & Sabugalite

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Description
Locality: 
Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

dozens yellow platy crystals of phosphuranylite with minor blades of sabugalite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Sabugalite

Formula: 
HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.55
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Bica Mine, Quarta-Feira, Sortelha, Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal