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Mélonjosephite Hureaulite

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Mélonjosephite Hureaulite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Extremely rare phosphate melonjosephite in hureaulite. (Visual I.D. only)

 

 

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

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France