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Anapaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm
Description

Nice example of rare anapaite in excellent green colour perfectly placed in the center of dark matrix. The crystal is well developed and in perfect condition.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anapaite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zheleznyi Rog (Zheleznaya balka), Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia