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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very fine specimen of two crystals of apatite from Portugal. They are nicely stacked on top of each other with lustrous faces. The colouration is a fine green and with moderate backlight you can nicely see the dark phantoms which are present at the main crystal.

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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