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Ludlamite

Ex J & S Mommers

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Description
Locality: 
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Ludlamite is a rare phosphate and the famous Santa Eulalia District has historically, but rarely, produced amongst the best of the species worldwide. This excellent, older specimen from the 1970s finds is richly covered with gemmy and lustrous, bottle-green ludlamite crystals on gossan matrix. Accompanied by the original Kristallkeeler Nurnberg label which states the specimen is from level 13 of San Antonio Mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ludlamite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Jane (Falmouth Consolidated Mines), Baldhu, Kea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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