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Apatite

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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Beautiful single crystals, dark bottle green, on albite matrix, showing very bright faces, bevelled edges and internal colour zoning.

Very aesthetic specimen !

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