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Fluellite & Kingite

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Fluellite & Kingite

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Description
Locality: 
Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 4 × 3.6 cm
Description

Sharp crystals of fluellite in vugs in matrix rich in chalky white kingite.   The Fairview Quarry is the type locality for kingite.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluellite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Stenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

Kingite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2F2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.47
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Fairview Quarry (Fairview Phosphate Workings; Lily Dora; Baldina), Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

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