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Afmite

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Locality: 
Fumade, Tarn, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Whitish shiny crystals of the relatively new mineral afmite (IMA 2005-025a, but approved in 2010) from the type locality and one of the only three localities known worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Afmite

Formula: 
Al3(OH)4(H2O)3(PO4)(PO3OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Phosphate occurrence, Fumade, Castelnau-de-Brassac, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France

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