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Matioliite Crandallite & Fluorapatite

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Matioliite Crandallite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Gentil Claim, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

blue blades of matioliite with white pseudocubic crystals of crandallite and pale purple apatite ; self collected on 2004

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Matioliite

Formula: 
NaMgAl5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.15
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gentil claim, Mendes Pimentel, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

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