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Titanite & Apatite

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Titanite & Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Teufelsmühle, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Large specimen hosting pericline with intense green titanite and colourless apatite. The crystals are intact, even if they look broken, the crystal faces can be observed in reflected light. The main aggregate measures more than 2.5cm in length. 

Comes with an old label dating to 1991. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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