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Fluorapatite & Phlogopite

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Description
Locality: 
Ohn-bin-ywe-htwet, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm
Description

Two terminated crystals are juxtaposed next to each other on white marble, one a gemmy blue fluorapatite and the other a gemmy golden phlogopite crystal.

An unusual and lovely specimen from an unusual locality in Myanmar (Burma).

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

Phlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
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