Fluellite
Fluellite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 3 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Stenna Gwyn Mine, St. Austell Dist., Cornwall, England
- Tagged
- antique , phosphate
Initially I couldn't see any Fluellite on this specimen, but there are indeed about a dozen tiny <0.5mm water-clear microcrystals with typical trapozehedral faces scattered on one side.
Not only is this a Type Locality specimen it has some good provenance as well with four labels from prominent collectors and dealers including: the promineny collectors and dealers Forest & Barbara Cureton; the notable New Jersey dealer John Albanese; and the prominent 20th century collector Martin L. Ehrmann; and an old (possibly the oldest) handwritten label - all with one of the two catalog numbers 4316 and 4362 that match the tags on the back of the specimen.
Antique Specimen, Type Locality
Fluellite
- Formula
- Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Cleavage
- Indistinct, Indistinct, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- golden yellow, colorless, dark purple, black
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Special Info
- Antique Specimen
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Cureton, Albanese, Ehrmann & handwritten antique labels
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