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Fluorapatite Quartz & Tourmaline

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Fluorapatite Quartz & Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm
Description

 A very nice specimen of Panasqueira with several green fluorapatite crystals set on a matrix with several transparent quartz points that show rich inclusions of tourmaline needles.

Much better in hand.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7
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