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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Golconda Pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Dozends of small gemmy crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and gemmy and have partely a vivid blue-green color. Beautiful !Found in 05/2010

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