Matulaite, Beraunite, Goethite, Afmite

Specimen ID: JVN-60D

Mineral(s)
Matulaite : (Fe3+,Al)Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O
Beraunite : Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O
Goethite : α-Fe3+O(OH)
Afmite : Al3(OH)4(H2O)3(PO4)(PO3OH)·H2O
Locality
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Previous data
Mineral(s)
Acquisition date:
Oct 2011
Name withheld

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Minute glassy to vitreous colorless to translucent white tabular matulaite crystals scattered in vuggy and somewhat stalactic limonite. Although six sided, these are pseudo-hexagonal, monoclinic, crystals as determined by the varying angle between the prism faces, better seen in the child image. S419-453 N4375N
Jeff Weissman - 12th October 2016

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Minute glassy to vitreous colorless to translucent white tabular matulaite crystals scattered in vuggy and somewhat stalactic limonite. Although six sided, these are pseudo-hexagonal, monoclinic, crystals as determined by the varying angle between the prism faces. S419-453a N4375N
Jeff Weissman - 12th October 2016

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Cluster of glassy tabular matulaite crystals on limonite. S419-454 N4375N
Jeff Weissman - 12th October 2016

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Area of minute glassy to vitreous colorless to translucent white tabular matulaite crystals is in the lower portion of the specimen, with white crusty matulaite elsewhere, with vuggy and somewhat stalactic limonite. S419-664 N4375N
Jeff Weissman - 24th March 2020

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Small crystals of matulaite (labeled M) and afmite (A) on botryoidal goethite - also present, not in this image, is beraunite. Matulaite and afmite are very similar in appearance, matulaite is clearly pseudo-hexagonal with a vitrious luster, while afmite has a pearly luster and typically exhibits the "open book" morphology as described, together with kobokobite from Bachman, in Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Rumsey, M.S., Spratt, J. and Favreau, G. (2012) Mineralogical Magazine: 76(3): 517–534. N4375N S419-751. Stack of 93 images at 5 microns each.
Jeff Weissman - 20th May 2021
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