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Fluorapatite & Cassiterite

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Fluorapatite & Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Grande Mine, Cerro Grande, Arque Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Colourless fluorapatite associated with cassiterite from the Cerro Grande mine, Bolivia. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Cassiterite

Formula: 
SnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0