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Apatite

ex Dr. F. Krantz (GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Prinzenstein Mine, Wellmich, Sankt Goarshausen, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Not a beauty but an interesting german classic: from the Prinzenstein mine at the River Rhine comes this example of pink apatite (the crystal shows some faces but is incomplete and broken) on white quartz matrix with some small dolomite crystals. Krantz specimen.

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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