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Pseudobrookite Enstatite Fluorapatite & Hematite

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Pseudobrookite Enstatite Fluorapatite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Pico da Cruz, São Martinho, Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

Pseudobrookite crystals associated to 'brick orange' enstatite and colorless fluorapatite. We can also see some very small hematite crystals displayed over the enstatite crystals.
EDS and PXRD analyzed.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pseudobrookite

Formula: 
Fe2TiO5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Uroi Hill (Arany Hill), Simeria, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0