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Kintoreite, Lusungite

Mineral:

Kintoreite: PbFe+++3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6
Lusungite: (Sr,Pb)Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)

Comments:

Greenish-yellow kintoreite crystals on limonite and or goethite. The specimen was originally labelled lusungite in the early 1990's and reinvestigation of the specimen showed it to be kintoreite.

Location:

Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.

Scale:

Specimen Size 3x6 cm.

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