Specimen #653

Name: Flouorapatite and Todorokite on Albite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-05-01

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Very fine pieces with lustrous euhedral purple to colourless prismatic crystals on Albite +/- Todorokite, Bertrandite.

Minerals: Albite (NaAlSi3O8) Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F) Todorokite ((Na,Ca,K)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)6O12 3-4.5(H2O))

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Magnification: 15X, FIeld of View: 6.2 x 4.1 mm

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