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Beraunite On Fluorapatite

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Beraunite On Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

Reddish gold coloured beraunite crystals in wheatsheaf like sprays of acicular crystals on an open cavity on botyroidal carbonate fluorapatite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beraunite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Group Parent: 
Beraunite Group
Strunz: 
8.DC.27
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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
Earthstones Australia

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