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Magnesian collinsite from Milgun Station, Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. J. Bridge  and
M. W. Pryce
P. J. Bridge
Affiliation:
Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia
M. W. Pryce
Affiliation:
Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia
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Summary

An occurrence of magnesian collinsite has been found with other rare phosphates in a variscite deposit in semi-desert 15 km NW. of Milgun Station homestead (25° 6′ S., 118° 18′ E.), Western Australia. The collinsite occurs as tapering white 3-mm prisms, mammillated aggregates, and thin veinlets in cavities in mudstone. The crystals have two good cleavages, D2.93, subvitreous lustre, H4–5, white streak and are brittle. Optical properties α 1·632, β 1·642, γ 1·657, 2Vγ , ≈ 80°. The mineral is triclinic with a 5·734, b 6·780, c 5·441 Å, α97·29° β 108·56°, γ 107·28°. X-ray powder data given, the lines are similar to P.D.F. card 14–314 but new cell gives better indexing. Chemical analysis by F. R. W. Lindsey gave FeO 0·07, MgO 11·3, CaO 35·2, Na2O 0·01, K2O 0·02, P2O5 41·2, H2O+10·7, H2O− 0·15, F0·02, SiO2 (quartz impurity) 1·31, Al, Mn, Zn, SO3 not detected, net sum 99·97, close to Ca2Mg(PO4)2.2H2O, after deduction of moisture and quartz impurity. Typical specimens are preserved at the Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 39 , Issue 305 , March 1974 , pp. 577 - 579
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1974

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