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Apatite On Meionite & Pumpellyite

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Apatite On Meionite & Pumpellyite

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Description
Locality: 
Mary Kathleen Mine, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.7 × 6.8 cm
Description

A cavity in massive diopside is lined with off white elongated meionite crystals many of which are coated with pale blue parallel growing apatite crystals and associated are so masses of olive green to bluish green pumpellyite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

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

Pumpellyite

Synonym Of: 

Pumpellyite-(Al)

Formula: 
Ca2(Al,Fe2+,Mg)Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Fe3+)

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Mg)

Formula: 
Ca2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
5.5

Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Group Parent: 
Pumpellyite Group
Earthstones Australia

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