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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