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Whitlockite

Robert Whitmore collection
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Description
Locality: 
Palermo 1 Mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large and incredibly rich sample of whitlockite from the Robert Whitmore collection. A large vug system in siderite hosts hundreds of sharp, colorless whitlockite crystals up to 5mm large on beds of siderite crystals. Excpetional piece that is very rarely seen on the market in this quality. 

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What's on the rock

Whitlockite

Formula: 
Ca9Mg(PO4)6(HPO4)
Group Parent: 
Whitlockite Group
Strunz: 
8.AC.45
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 -
Colour: 
Colourless, grey-white, light pink, light yellow; colourless in transmitted light
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA

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