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Whitlockite with carbonate apatite

#55124
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Whitlockite from Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States - 55124
Whitlockite from Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States - 55124

Whitlockite with carbonate apatite

#55124
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 2 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH) (RRUFF)
Locality
Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States
Tagged
phosphate , pegmatite mineral

1mm white to colorless rhombs of Whitlockite with acicular groups of carbonate apatite. Quarrtz matrix.

Whitlockite

Formula
Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH) 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Rhombohedral Crystals, Tabular, Pistolitic 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Resinous 
Color
colorless, gray, gray white, yellowish, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Uneven 
Hardness
5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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