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Bobierrite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Platy white crystals of the rare bobierrite from a little known locality in Australia.

Very rare from this locality.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bobierrite

Formula: 
Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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