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Fluorapatite Albite & Muscovite

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Fluorapatite Albite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 11 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

A muscovite crystal matrix hosting numerous colorless albite crystals to 25 mm in size. Set on one side of the matrix is a pinkish-red translucent to transparent glassy crystal of fluorapatite, hidden somewhat amongst the muscovite crystals, and measuring 23 mm across. Nice for this species from this locality.

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
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