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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Ohlsbach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

Although there are some cracks (not destructive) and dings this is a fine specimen, because you seldom see terminated crystals. The fluorapatite is dark blue with a brown coating.

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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