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Childrenite & Fluorapatite

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Childrenite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Gentil dos Encantados Mine, Pau dos Ferros, Borborema Province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Description

a large, well covered specimen featuring several white prisms of fluorapatite with some brown childrenite crystals (some dings are present)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

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