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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Hinterohlsbach, Ohlsbach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Sprays of colourzoned pink, green to blue fluorapatite in white rhyolitic matrix. The quarry is abandoned since 1960. A fine specimen for the locality.

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