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Fluorapatite & Calcite

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Fluorapatite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

A single crystal of apatite with good intense-green colour and high lustre grown into orange calcite accompanied by some small diopside crystals

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White