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Anapaite & Apatite

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Anapaite & Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellver de Cerdanya, Cerdanya, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Description

Drusy microcrystals of anapaite lining a Miocene clay are dusted with dozens of beautiful balls of apatite-CaF in two different habits, balls and acicular groups.

Amazing under the scope!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anapaite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zheleznyi Rog (Zheleznaya balka), Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia

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
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