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Fluorapatite Fluorophlogopite Calcite & Hematite

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Fluorapatite Fluorophlogopite Calcite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 9.8 × 5.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
637.00gr
Description

By a matrix of volcanic rock that houses a large number of fluorapatite crystals of great brightness, transparency and greenish yellow color, doubly terminated in hexagonal section, with hematite inlays, next to orange-brown crystals of fluorophlogopite and white calcite crystals. A typical sample of this mine that shows UV fluorescent tones ranging from yellow to red.

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

Fluorophlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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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