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Apatite Chlorite & Adularia

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Apatite Chlorite & Adularia

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bruchgraben, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

Extremely rare: a model-shaped tabular apatite crystal of 1.6 cm with vermicular chlorite crystal aggregates and etched adularia.

Apatite specimen from this locality are very rare. See if you can find one anywhere else.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase

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