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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Roches Quarry, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm
Description

Bright violet crystals of apatite richly covering the matrix. The well defined, hexagonal apatite is sharp edged, high lustrous and partly transparent. A good specimen from a rather little known locality.

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
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