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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 4 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Lusterous purple fluorapatite crystals to approx. 1.0 cm on a bed on short stubby quartz crystals. Old time specimen acquired from the Brian Shelton Collection, the base of this specimen has been sawn.

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
Earthstones Australia

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