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Fluorapatite Hematite & Calcite

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Fluorapatite Hematite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.8 × 5 cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

Precious piece from the "Nuestra Señora del Carmen" mine, Jumilla, Spain, formed by a conglomerate of hexagonal prismatic apatite crystals of great beauty, with a great vitreous luster that react to UV light, surrounded by brilliant white calcite, and They share a matrix with black hematite crystals, with a tabular morphology and a metallic luster that could be specularite, on a jumillite matrix. Asparagine (var. apatite) is a highly coveted phosphate.

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

Hematite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Aragonite and Vaterite
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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