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Apatite

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Apatite

Former collection Weber (CH) & Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Kragerø, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

Blue blocky apatite (marked var. moraxite) of good gemminess and color, with great lustre and some side faces. The specimen comes in a spatic plagioclase matrix, associated with quartz. 

Main crystal is in very good conditions. Quite old specimen, as it comes from the Weber collection (CH) assembled pre-1951. 

Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
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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