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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.30cm
Description

This is a complete double terminated crystal from the classic Otter Lake deposit.  I collected this myself in the late 1970's and it remains the best complete single crystal that I recovered.  These are now rarely seen on the market and this is a very good one.  A real rarety.

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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