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Afmite

IMA2005-025a
New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Fumade, Tarn, Occitanie, France
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Aluminium-phosphate species afmite, occurs as rosettes of thin tabular crystals.

The speciemen comes from the Type Locality but there are two more localities known.

Mineral Data
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Afmite

Formula: 
Al3(OH)4(H2O)3(PO4)(PO3OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Phosphate occurrence, Fumade, Castelnau-de-Brassac, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Loranth Minerals

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