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Phosphosiderite Hureaulite & Tavorite

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Phosphosiderite Hureaulite & Tavorite

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Description
Locality: 
Straussheim Pegmatite, Kenhardt, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Matrix with a rich association of colourful phosphate minerals including phosphosiderite, hureaulite and tavorite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hureaulite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Les Hureaux, Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

Tavorite

Formula: 
LiFe3+(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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