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Eosphorite with Fluorapatite

#PD33144

Eosphorite with Fluorapatite

#PD33144
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 4 x 3.5 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Mn2+AlPO4(OH)2·H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Hagendorf-Süd, Oberpfälzer Wald, Bavaria, Germany
Tagged
phosphate

Excellent amber colored prismatic Eosphorite crystals in clusters to 3mm with balls of Fluorapatite in a 2.5cm open vug in a cleaved piece of Feldspar. These are small crystals, but the color and quality is very good.

Eosphorite

Formula
Mn2+AlPO4(OH)2·H2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Massive - Fibrous, Prismatic, Striated 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Resinous 
Color
light pink, yellow brown, light brown, light yellow, colorless 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal - Uneven 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Phillips Collection

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