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Rockbridgeite from
Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia


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Rockbridgeite, etc.

Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
04076880017271978826981.jpg
Rockbridgeite, etc.

Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
03246800017271987318487.jpg
Rockbridgeite, etc.

Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Rockbridgeite, etc.

Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
03246800017271987318487.jpg
Rockbridgeite, etc.

Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
04076880017271978826981.jpg
Rockbridgeite, etc.

Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rockbridgeite
Formula:(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe33+(PO4)3(OH)5
Comments:"A dark green to bluish green iron phosphate (rockbridgite) forms fibrous spherical intergrowths, globular crusts and rare sheaf-like tufts in cavities in the Wycheproof pegmatite veins. Individual spheres rarely exceed 0.5mm in diameter. The mineral is usually associated with cyrilovite, eosphorite, leucophosphite and rarely with kidwellite."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cyrilovite6
Meurigite-K4
Eosphorite3
Selwynite2
Autunite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rockbridgeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:92978
Long-form Identifier:1:3:92978:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rockbridgeite
66.2km (41.1 miles) ⓘLake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
References
Birch, W. D., Henry, D. A. - Eds. (1993) Phosphate Minerals of Victoria. Special Publication 3. Mineralogical Society of Victoriapp.28-32
 
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