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Crandallite & Amblygonite

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Crandallite & Amblygonite

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Description
Locality: 
Gentil Claim, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

An orange pseudocubic crandallite Crystal on albite with colourless amblygonite and minor fluorapatite ; self collected 2004

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Crandallite

Formula: 
CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brooklyn Mine, Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Amblygonite

Formula: 
LiAl(PO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chursdorf, Penig, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany