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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Chumar Bakhoor, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.1 × 4.4 cm
Description

So here the probably best piece of this auction! A freestanding, highly lustrous and sharp terminated apatite crystal(3cm tall) in best pink color! The assemble is terrific, really very aesthetic on some sharp terminated, glossy blades of muscovite. The apatite is not damaged, what you see to it´s left hand side is an old contact where ihe crystal had no room to grown and collides with muscovite.  No significant damages to report.

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What's on the rock

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany