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Cyrilovite

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Cyrilovite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Rixon Sandstone Quarries, Campbells Creek, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4 × 1 cm
Description

An interesting locality for this rare NaFe phosphate. The mineral occurs as micro yellow crystals in a swathe across the top of a sandstone matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cyrilovite

Formula: 
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Cyrilov phosphate pegmatite (Cyrillhof), Velké Meziříčí, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic
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