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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

A thick layer of silvery muscovite plates covers the matrix. The top main surface shows lustrous tabular hexagonal crystals of lustrous transparent greyish apatite to 1.4 cm. across. Base and somes faces are sawn for easier extraction. Very nice! 

Mineral Data
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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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