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Eylettersite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

White crystal aggregates of the extremely rare thorium phosphate mineral eylettersite from the TL in KoboKobo and only one of the three known localities worlwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
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Eylettersite

Formula: 
Th0.75Al3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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