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Fluorapatite

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Locality: 
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

you are bidding on a uncommon blue coloured Apatite specimen. Originally this was thought to be Ilsemannite, but analysis showed it to be Flouapatite. The origin of the blue colour remains unknown. EDS data will be delivered with the specimen

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

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