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Ferberite With Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.7 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Weight: 
194.00gr
Description

Choice group of lustrous pitch black ferberite associated to a partial coating of brown siderite. Associated, a centimetric group of hexagonal apatite, also very lustrous.

In great conditions, with very minor peripheral contacts.

From an Italian collector, the specimen dates back to the late 80s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Niña Mine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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

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