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Apatite & Magnesite

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Apatite & Magnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

Wonderful violet coloured gemmy apatite with minor magnesite crystals richly covering matrix. Very nice!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece
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