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Apatite & Calcite

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Apatite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 10 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.00cm
Description

A mass of orange calcite with purple fluorite and a beautiful, sharp, single brownish doubly terminated apatite crystals to 7 cm in length.

Very good old timne specimen from the famous Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White