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Augelite & Quartz

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Augelite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Augelite is generelly a rare mineral, this locality produced some of the best worldwide. The particular specimen shows sharp, intense coloured and highly lustrous crystals perched on sparkling Quartz crystals. The specimen is developed as floater, the Quartz crystals show sharp end-points at their bottom. Hard to photograph, much better in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Augelite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Västanå Iron Mine (Westanå Mine), Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne, Sweden

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White