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Lenticular geode of well-profiled and sharp crystals of Senegalite, transparent, shiny, and yellow in color. On matrix, with bands of very intense blue Turquoise crystals. It comes from the type locality for the species, from which little or nothing has arrived for a long time, and we only know about it through old pieces like this one.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal
Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 1,7 cm = 1.69” × 1.06” × 0.39”

EB36J8: Senegalite with Turquoise

A very recent rediscovery of this rare species, which seems to have disappeared many years ago. On fissures and vugs of a Limonite matrix grown small yellowish crystals of this rare phosphate on a base of blue Turquoise.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section of the March 13, 2008 edition.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal (01-03/2007)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.65” × 0.91” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EP48M2: Senegalite with Turquoise

Really esthetic specimen formed by vugs coated by very sharp and lustrous Senegalite crystals, with an intense yellowish color and transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix. The specimen is from a recent find (March 2008) at the Type Locality for the species.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal (03/2008)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 9 × 5.2 cm = 3.98” × 3.54” × 2.05”

EH46AC2: Senegalite with Turquoise and Crandallite

Very rich Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals with an intense yellow color and high transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by white Crandallite. The sample, from the type locality for the species, is from a very well known and find in 2008.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal (2007-2008)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.77” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

CR27AJ7: Senegalite with Turquoise and Crandallite

Spheroidal growths of very sharp Senegalite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, bright with intense yellow color and on matrix with pale blue Turquoise and reddish brown Crandallite. The sample is from the type locality for the species.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal (2007-2008)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.42”

EF47AC2: Senegalite with Turquoise and Crandallite

Very rich Senegalite vug with spheroidal growths of very sharp and lustrous crystals with an intense yellowish green color and high transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by white Crandallite. The sample, from the type locality for the species, is from a very well known and single find in 2008.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal (2007-2008)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 3.31” × 2.36” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EM97M2: Senegalite with Turquoise and Crandallite

Very rich Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals, with an intense yellow color and transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by Crandallite. It is from a recent find (March 2008) at the Type Locality for the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazines ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 68 in the volume 40 number 1, and in ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ page 190, number 2008/3. Also in the magazine "Lapis" number 04/2014, page 11
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Kédougou Region Senegal (03/2008)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 5.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 2.32”

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