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Beryllonite & Apatite

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Beryllonite & Apatite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Telírio Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Very good small specimen of transparent beryllonite crystals up to 6 mm with green apatite crystals on albite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryllonite

Formula: 
NaBePO4
Strunz: 
8.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Joe McKeen Mountain locality (McKean Farm), Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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