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Phosphohedyphane & Willemite

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Phosphohedyphane & Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 5 cm
Description

This is a very rich and good specimen of pale yellow Phosphohedyphane crystals and crystal groups all over the limonitic matrix.

With beautiful gemmy clear, white willemite crystals.

EDS analyzed specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: 
Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium