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Apatite

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Locality: 
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

A full size thumbnail specimen of this rare and old material!This piece hosts several crystals of fantastic blue green colored(hard to capture the exact color in photos,so you see several colors in the photos) apatite on calcite matrix!Unlike most examples,this one is very gemmy and the largest crystal is perfect.Only a couple of crystals are not terminated and the piece is in very fine condition,so visually it's a great thumbnail!Please note that this color is uncommon for apatite from anywhere!

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

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