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Apatite With Magnetite

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PCZ182046

Apatite With Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

A lovely matrix specimen with a stocky, well terminated, water clear (not obvious from the images) apatite crystal (1.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm). The crystal is aesthetically placed on the matrix and the specimen sits well for display. A great example from this famous apatite location.

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

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black
Peter Crozier Minerals