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Fluorapatite & Fluorophlogopite

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Fluorapatite & Fluorophlogopite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 8.4 × 4.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Cluster of yellow fluorapatite crystals in a nodule of fluorophlogopite. Covering calcite partly removed.

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

Fluorophlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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