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Fluorapatite Lazulite & Siderite

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Fluorapatite Lazulite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 1 cm
Description

Nice crystals of clear fluorapatite crystals with a few lazulite crystals and a layer of siderite on the back side. 

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

Lazulite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White