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Kapundaite & Natrodufrénite

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Kapundaite & Natrodufrénite

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Description
Locality: 
Kapunda Copper Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

Several yellow acicular crystals of kapundaite with tiny dark natrodufrenite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kapundaite

Formula: 
NaCaFe4(PO4)4(OH)3·5H2O
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Tom's quarry (Tom's Phosphate quarry; Clutterbuck Bros; PM 315; Sobey; BHP; ML 4993), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia...

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