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Apatite

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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Åmotsdalen, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

A 0.8 cm, colourless, well developped apatite crystal on a matrix of muscovite, albite crystals and another smaller apatite crystal. A specimen from a remote locality in a mountainous area in central Norway.

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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