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Biphosphammite & Archerite

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Biphosphammite & Archerite

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Description
Locality: 
Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.15 × 0.15 cm
Description

Buff to tan colored almost brown biphosphammite crystals associated to white archerite from the type locality in Australia. Rare !.

The item consists of a specimen in a capsule and also including anothe r very tiny second specimen (photo 2). Photo 1 and 3 are the same specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Biphosphammite

Formula: 
(NH4,K)(H2PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Archerite

Formula: 
(K,NH4)(H2PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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