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Augelite & Quartz

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Augelite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

This is the most relevant locality for augelite world-wide. No other locality produced this size, color and quality. The particular specimen shows one huge main crystal with highly lustrous faces and intense color in combination with minor quartz. Excellent thumbnail!

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