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Aldermanite On Minyulite

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Aldermanite On Minyulite

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

A plate covered with glassy clear radiating minyulite crystals is richly covered by the rare phosphate species aldermanite, which has occured as snow white crystals.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aldermanite

Formula: 
Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22·32H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia...

Minyulite

Formula: 
KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Earthstones Australia

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