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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Ipirá, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 6 cm
Description

A large specimen featuring a group of blue apatite crystals; bought in Teofilo Otoni last year

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