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Katophorite & Fluorapatite

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Katophorite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.3 × 1 cm
Description

Katophorite and fluorapatite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Katophorite

Variety Of: 

Katophorite Root Name

Formula: 
A(CaNa)(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Hardness: 
0.0

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