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Richterite Hematite & Fluorapatite

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Richterite Hematite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Canary yellow lustrous crystals of richterite on a volcanic lamproite matrix, with black lustrous hematite and green prismatic fluorapatite.

Self-collected in 1996.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Richterite

Formula: 
{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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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