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Prosopite

New find! Raman confirmed

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Description
Locality: 
Inca Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.9 cm
Description

Raman confirmed prosopite associated with galena and fluorite from the less known Inca mine, Colquiri, Bolivia. New find from this locality and close to the locality for the type mineral colquiriite. 

Analysis attached to the analytical section. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prosopite

Formula: 
CaAl2(F,OH)8
Strunz: 
3.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Tin mine, Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Prosopite