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Apatite & Muscovite

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Apatite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Chumar Bakhoor, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm
Description

Transparent, gemmy light pink Apatite crystals up to ac 26mm across set on well shaped muscovite crystals. The crystals are very exposed, set in the center of the piece and they are on highest quality. The muscovite is also in excellent condition and not brownish. The contrast is excellent! The piece is out of Europe´s leading collection: the Wildfang collection and will come with his peronal label. The Wildfang collection stands for highest standards concerning quality and aesthetics. Ex-Wildfang collection

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White