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Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Albite crystals on Quartz
Sample size: 7 X 5,5 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 141381    View Count: 350

Multiple photos availableBiotite, Microcline : K[AlSi3O8], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

11 x 10 cm.
 © Marcelo OlsinaPhoto ID: 27100    View Count: 552

Multiple photos availableFlorencite, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Siderite : FeCO3, Quartz : SiO2

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Tabular crystals of hexagonal but partially rounded shape. On a matrix of Albite crystals and with small crystals of Siderite.
Formación Papachacra, Catamarca, Argentina.
Albite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Found in 1993
Specimen size: 7.4 x 5.9 x 3 cm
Main crystal size: 0.1 x 0.1 cm
 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 109741    View Count: 146

Multiple photos availableFlorencite-(Ce) : CeAl3[(OH)6|(PO4)2], Microcline : K[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Florencite-(Ce) with Quartz and Microcline from Formación Papachacra, Departamento Belén, Catamarca

Florencite-(Ce) is a very rare phosphate. In this case the small red crystals are distributed on Microcline and accompanied by Quartz and Mica.

Size:8 x 5 x 4.5 cm
 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 56220    View Count: 399

Florencite-(Ce) : CeAl3[(OH)6|(PO4)2]

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Small crystals of Florencite-(Ce) grown on Orthoclase. Picture width is 2,5mm.
 © Elmar LacknerPhoto ID: 203321    View Count: 79

Florencite-(Ce) : CeAl3[(OH)6|(PO4)2]

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Width of field is 0.5 mm. Collection and photo Jesse Crawford. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope. Florencite-(Ce) crystals on matrix.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 234574    View Count: 36

Fluorite : CaF2, Microcline : K[AlSi3O8]

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Octahedral Fluorite on Microcline. Size: 4.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm. Size of the largest crystal: 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.
 © JCLodovichiPhoto ID: 53663    View Count: 656

Fluorite : CaF2, Microcline : K[AlSi3O8]

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Other view.
 © JCLodovichiPhoto ID: 53667    View Count: 498

Fluorite : CaF2, Quartz : SiO2, Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Hematite : Fe2O3

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Surprising is the uncommon paragenesis on the sample with cubic crystals of Fluorite coexisting with a matrix of Smoky Quartz, prisms of Orthoclase and small crystals of Hematite. We also call attention on the locality where Fluorite is not common.
Formación Papachacra, Departamento Belén, Catamarca Argentina
Found in ±2004
Specimen ...
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Multiple photos availableFluorite : CaF2, Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2

Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

The locality is not so common. Crystals are octahedral and have well defined faces and edges and a curious and irregular distribution of their color, practically uncolored in some zones, and they have spots of an intense violet color in some other. On the matrix there are twinned crystals of Orthoclase and small crystals of smoky ...
 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 75349    View Count: 478
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