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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7 × 3.2 cm
Description

A good specimen of yellow transparent fluorapatite crystals on matrix. The crystals are very rich in faces, doubly terminated, gem quality, very brilliant and with an excellent transparence. From an old find in the area of La Celia mines.

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