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Palermoite & Fluorapatite

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Palermoite & Fluorapatite

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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a large vug in quartz hosting a perfect cluster of palermoite crystals that is selectively coated with tabular crystals of carbonate bearing fluorpatite. The main crystal is very aesthetic. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palermoite

Formula: 
(Li,Na)2(Sr,Ca)Al4(PO4)4(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BH.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Vertically striated prisms.
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

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

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