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Augelite With Quartz

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Augelite With Quartz

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Ortega Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 6 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
105.00gr
Description

Glassy striated crystals of augelite of good lustre and zoned apple green colour. It is richly distributed on a quartz rich matrix that shows some fluorescence under short UV light. Interestingly, the quartz crystals show a Transitional Habit, so they show a combination of steep rhombohedral faces that are typical for the Tessin habit and m prism faces common in normal habit crystals. Collected in 2014 by Mr Ortega, near the Mundo Nuevo mine.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Augelite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Västanå Iron Mine (Westanå Mine), Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne, Sweden

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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