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Calcioferrite & Crandallite

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Calcioferrite & Crandallite

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Description
Locality: 
Montcada Hill Quarry , Montcada i Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 5.7 × 3 cm
Weight: 
117.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of calcioferrite, crandallite and possibly carbonatofluorapatite mixed in among the other minerals on matrix from this famous Catalan phosphate deposit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcioferrite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Battenberg, Grünstadt-Land, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Crandallite

Formula: 
CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brooklyn Mine, Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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