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Apatite On Schorl

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Apatite On Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Large,sharp and super lustrous apatite crystals on schorl crystal! The color is a cream beige contrasting to the deep black of the schorl crystal. Both crystals are doubly terminated and one of them is a scepter! The schorl crystal is also doubly terminated and and has been broken and recrystallized several times so that it shows a bent habit- it is as stable as a nromal crystal. The piece is an undamaged floater and can be viewed 360 degrees all around!

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

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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