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Tuite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenham Meteorite, Tenham Station, Windorah, Barcoo Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fully analyzed polished probe with tiny grains of extremely rare tuite in kamacite matrix with majorite, ringwoodite and other minerals. Comes with complete analysis (see analysis tab above) and the resin bearer measures 8x8mm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuite

Formula: 
Ca3(PO4)2
Group Parent: 
Whitlockite Group
Strunz: 
8.AC.45
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Colour: 
Colourless to white
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Dimorph Of: 

Merrillite

Formula: 
Ca9NaMg(PO4)7
Strunz: 
8.AC.45
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Tuite
Analysis Report - only: Tuite
Analysis Report - only: Tuite
Analysis Report - only: Tuite

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