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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Description

Blue prismatic fluorapatite crystal with rounded terminations and free of damages. These crystals grow typically in a calcite matrix and this originates curved faces, typical for the locality.

Acquired 2001. Ex Jan Sibtsen #675.

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

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