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Ludlamite

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Description
Locality: 
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

An exceptional thumbnail of sharp, translucent to gemmy green crystals of ludlamite in a very aesthetic display.

Some of the best ludlamite specimens in the world have come from the San Antonio Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ludlamite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Jane (Falmouth Consolidated Mines), Baldhu, Kea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Vic's Vugh Minerals