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Fluorapatite Calcite & Hematite

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Fluorapatite Calcite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
36.00gr
Description

Characteristic piece from the mines of Nuestra Señora del Carmen where hematite crystals of a black color and metallic luster alternate with whitish globular crystals of calcite and other transparent crystals of more complex morphology that share a matrix with an aggregate of fluroapatite crystals with inclusions of extraordinary transparency and high gloss. Piece that reacts in pink tones when applying UV light.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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