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Staffelite

Classic Locality

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Locality: 
Staffel, Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Historic sample with an interesting provenance of white to tan botryoidal carbonat rich- fluorapatite from the "type locality" Staffel in Hesse.

Found about 1900 

Comes with three labels.  Handwriten unkown about 1900 - Alexander Franz, Hannover -  Dipl. Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Staffelite

Variety Of: 

Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

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