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Apatite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Bamble, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Weight: 
149.00gr
Description

Specimen consisting of masses of crystalline, yellow-green apatite, light grey feldspar and minor brown smoky quartz.

Comes with pencil writing on the backside of an antique printed A. Krantz label - such "recycling" labels were occasionally used by Krantz. "Spargelgrün" is an old german designation for yellow-green apatite.

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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