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Fluorapatite & Fluorite

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Fluorapatite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Henneberg Quarry, Weitisberga, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

A dark violet cube of Fluorite in combination with greenish Fluorapatites in a pegmatitic vug. Comes with an antique handwritten label.

Mineral Data
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

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