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Fluorapatite & Fluorite In Calcite

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Fluorapatite & Fluorite In Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.1 × 12 × 7.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

A very decorative, giant specimen with large fluorapatite crystals up to 5 cm - the best is double-terminated. Very dark-purple fluorite and another black mineral, maybe augite, add further contrast to the massive orange calcite matrix. Not in perfect condition but still an eyecatcher.

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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