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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

Light lilac colored fluorapatite crystals up to 2.7 cm on siderite-mica matrix.

 

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