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Fluorapatite On Libethenite

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Fluorapatite On Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

A brecciated vein in white gossan is rich in isolated libethenite crystals many of which are at least partly enclosed in pale blue translucent fluorapatite and and opaque chrysocolla

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

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Earthstones Australia

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