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Senegalite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Kedougou, Senegal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm
Description

The super-aesthetic specimen features small, intense green crystals of senegalite. Senegalite is a very rare aluminum phosphate found in only two localities worldwide and this piece is from the Type Locality in Senegal. This very rich and fine specimen is from a very recent rediscovery of this rare species and features large box-work-like cavities lined with sharp senegalite and various phosphates species in a limonite gossan matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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