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Fluorapatite & Cleavelandite

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Fluorapatite & Cleavelandite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Navegadora Claim, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17.5 × 12.5 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Weight: 
1 060.00gr
Description

Clear, to medium-lavender, to tan coloured, tabular fluorapatite crystals to 5.0 cm width are set on a matrix of sparkling crystals of cleavelandite. The fluorapatite fluoresces under both short and longwave UV light.

Please note that the weight of the specimen will be about 1.5 km when packaged. The shipping fees listed are for air mail. We are happy to quote more economical (but slower delivery) surface rates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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