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Prosopite

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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: 
3.7 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm
Description

Colourless and partly iron stained Raman & EDS confirmed prosopite from the Inca mine, Colquiri, Bolivia. New find of this rare mineral in assemblage with fluorite and galena. 

 

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