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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Blue fluorapatite on orange calcite. This sample hosts several partly terminated, well exposed crystals on matrix. The crystals surface show the typical melty-looking and shiny luster, typical for these. 

Ex. Tausend collection, Germany. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany