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Fluorapatite With Spodumene

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Fluorapatite With Spodumene

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Description
Locality: 
Mawi, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

 A really nice combination specimen of  well  terminated fluorapatite and naturally etched spodumene.

No damage

 

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

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden

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