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Senegalite & Turquoise

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Senegalite & Turquoise

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Description
Locality: 
Falémé River Basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
22.00gr
Description

Very rich senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals, with an intense yellow color and transparency. Between the matrix and the senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix

Mineral Data
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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

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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