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Fluorapatite & Quartz Var Chalcedony

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Fluorapatite & Quartz Var Chalcedony

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
106.00gr
Description

Yellow fluorapatite on white and light blue chalcedony.. Nice contrast combo. The main crystal is mostly complete with some roughness on one part of the termination.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Seller Information

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Payments must be received in currency requested.  Lost items are covered under Paypal buyer protection plan subject to Paypal terms and conditions and verified problem. Damaged or broken items with sufficient evidence will be based on case by case basis for full or partial refund.  Please contact me if there are any disputes to work out a solution.