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Fluorapatite & Scapolite Var Meionite

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Fluorapatite & Scapolite Var Meionite

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Description
Locality: 
Mary Kathleen Mine, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.1 × 3.6 cm
Description

A cavity in a quartz vein is lined with crude, white scapolite variety meionite crystals and intense light blue,  translucent, fluorapatite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Meionite

Formula: 
Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Strunz: 
9.FB.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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