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Tinticite & Apatite

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Tinticite & Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Rocabruna Mines, Bruguers, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 2 cm
Description

a large specimen featuring some nodule of cream tinticite with white balls of apatite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tinticite

Formula: 
Fe3+5.34(PO4)3.62(VO4)0.38(OH)4·6.7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.32
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Unnamed cave, Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 1; 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

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