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Fluorapatite & Fluorite

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Fluorapatite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Wilberforce, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 13.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.80cm
Description

Several multicolored apatite crystals into a cavity of massive purple fluorite. All specimens (including the main one), except one, are terminated. Very impressive specimen.

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic