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Quartz Albite & Fluorapatite

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Quartz Albite & Fluorapatite

Self collected
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Chywoon Quarry, Longdowns, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 4 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
23.00gr
Description

Undamaged, lustrous terminated quartz crystals sit on an albite matrix.

Some minor fluorapatite crystals to 1mm or so on the back of the specimen.

Collected: 
31/01/1998
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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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