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Aheylite & Senegalite

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Aheylite & Senegalite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Kedougou, Senegal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Blue aheylite crystals associated to tan senegalite crystals from the Senegal.

Aheylite in this quality is rarely seen in the mineral market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aheylite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Zn)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Senegalite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)(OH)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal

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