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Apatite Dolomite & Gilbertite

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Apatite Dolomite & Gilbertite

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Description
Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Colorless greenish translucent apatite crystals with sharp white dolomite crystals with clusters of gilbertite crystals on matrix ( For original close-up photo contact us )

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Gilbertite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Hardness: 
0.0