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Apatite On Mica & Siderite

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Apatite On Mica & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3 × 2.1 cm
Description

Superb quality apatite crystals with top luster and clarity! The crystals are associated with mica and textbook siderite crystals! The colors are pinkish with green phantoms and the form is complex faces tabular hexagons! There is a broken off crystal on the edge, but the central crystals are damage free!The locality produces less and less specimens!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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