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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Oldervik Pegmatite, Seiland Island, Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

A nice apatite crystal is embedded in carbonate rock consisting of coarse calcite. Collected from one of the numerous nepheline syenite pegmatites on Seiland Island in 1979.

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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