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Gayite & Morinite & Natrodufrénite

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Gayite & Morinite & Natrodufrénite

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Description
Locality: 
Gigante Pegmatite, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Olive gayite with morinite and natrodufrenite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gayite

Formula: 
NaMn2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Gigante pegmatite, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina

Morinite

Formula: 
NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France

Natrodufrénite

Formula: 
NaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Pluherlin Castle, Rochefort-en-Terre, Morbihan, Brittany, France