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Fluorite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Akchatau Mine, Akchatau, Shet, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 5.8 × 3.4 cm
Description

These specimens are really rare meanwhile and this find was made IIRR in the late 1980s. Deep purple octahedral fluorite crystals are accompanied by glassy lustrous striated pale blue fluorapatite crystals. A very fine example though not perfect - some small bruises present. Though a good opportunity to obtain one of these rare specimens from an older german collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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

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Best regards Roger