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Apatite & Diopside

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Apatite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Beige apatite crystals on green-black diopside crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white