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Fluorapatite & Todorokite Psm Rhodochrosite

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Fluorapatite & Todorokite Psm Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Golconda Pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm
Description

Fluorapatite, todorokite pseudomorph rhodochrosite, bertrandite, albite and mica on matrix

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

Todorokite

Formula: 
(Ca,K,Na,Mg,Ba,Mn)(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.DK.10
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Todoroki mine, Yoichi, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaido, Japan

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania