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Specialty Definition: ELLESTADITE

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MiningA hexagonal mineral, Ca5 (SiO4 ,PO4 ,SO4 ) 3 (F,OH,Cl) ; apatite group; it is chlorellestadite if (Cl>OH,F), fluorellestadite if (F>OH,Cl), or hydroxylellestadite if (OH>F,Cl). Hydroxylellestadite occurs as veinlets in blue calcite associated with wilkeite, idocrase, and similar contact metamorphic minerals at Crestmore,Riverside County, CA. (references)

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