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Fluorapatite

José Luis Otero's collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mpapwa, Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.30cm
Description

Blue-green fluorapatite from Mpwapwa district, Dodoma Region, Tanzania.

The original label say "Geiro, Tanzania". Gairo is next to Dodoma region, near to Mpwapwa district.

José Luis Otero’s collection (serial number 629).

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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