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Graftonite & Arrojadite

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Graftonite & Arrojadite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

a phosphate nodule in pegmatite with pink salmon graftonite and a crust around it of arrojadite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Graftonite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+,Ca)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Melvin Mountain, Grafton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA