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Lepidolite & Fluorapatite

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Lepidolite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A well shaped translparent lepidolite crystal and a bue grain of Fluorapatite prepared from the pgmatite matrix. Collected in 1980.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White

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

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