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Mélonjosephite & Whitlockite

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Mélonjosephite & Whitlockite

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm
Description

some tiny rhombs of whitlockite on and with black platy melonjosephite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mélonjosephite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Greenish
Type Locality: 
Angarf-South pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Whitlockite

Formula: 
Ca9Mg(PO4)6(HPO4)
Group Parent: 
Whitlockite Group
Strunz: 
8.AC.45
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 -
Colour: 
Colourless, grey-white, light pink, light yellow; colourless in transmitted light
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA