Kapundaite, (Na,Ca)2Fe43+(PO4)4(OH)3{middle dot}5H2O, a new phosphate species from Toms quarry, South Australia: Description and structural relationship to melonjosephite

Abstract

Kapundaite, ideally (Na, Ca)2Fe43+(PO 4)4(OH)3·5H2O, is a new mineral (IMA2009-047) from Toms phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. The new mineral occurs as cavernous aggregates of fibers up to several centimeters across, associated wit