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Apatite & Pyroxene Group

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Apatite & Pyroxene Group

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

High lustrous brown apatite crystals in a bed of black, sharp pyroxene crystals from an old collection.

With beautiful old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Pyroxene Group

Group Members: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Orthopyroxene Subgroup