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Staffelite

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Description
Locality: 
Staffel, Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3 × 4 cm
Description

Staffelite from the type locality Concordia mine as whiteish botryoidal crusts on limestone matrix.

A very rich & fine example from a classic German area.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Staffelite

Variety Of: 

Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0