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Muscovite & Fluorapatite

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Muscovite & Fluorapatite

ex Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hofmeister (GER)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Zé Pinto Prospect, Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 6 cm
Description

Very nice example of the 1980s find of muscovite as a cluster of intergrown, silver-pinkish brown thin tabular crystals associated with greenish apatite. Ex W. Hofmeister collection, quite rare material these days.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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Best regards Roger