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Apatite

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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

That is a stunning little specimen. I saw plenty of this material, dull, opac, grey-blue. This one is very lustrouse, complete all around and the colour is absolutely crazy. You won´t see such intense blue a second time, really incredible colour. Looks nice on photography, but in person an explosion of colour. Undamaged.

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