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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Val Medel, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 7.3 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

From this classic Alpine occurrence, a sweet specimen featuring a perfectly round apatite crystal perched in the middle of the typical metamorphic matrix.
Very lustrous faces and mostly transparent, the crystal is colorless, which is typical for the area. Quite difficult to photograph, due to the numerous lustrous faces. Associated, dozens of small elongated plagioclase (albite?) crystals scattered all over the mineralized druzy.

Very well balanced, in great conditions!

 

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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

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