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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm
Description

A yellow greenish fluorapatite crystal with an old label from 1987.

This material is different to the fluorapatite specimens from Mexico as the crystals have much more distinct faces promoting the hexagonal symmetry and have hematite inclusions that appear red in translucent light.

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
Labels
Label Images - only: Fluorapatite