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Faustite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm
Description

A shallow cavity in massive hematite is lined with hemispheres of the rare pale blue phosphate faustite. This specimen was collected in the open cut at Iron Monarch in 1981

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faustite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Compact masses
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Copper King mine, Schroeder Mt, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
Earthstones Australia

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