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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

Ex coll. Alexander Franz, Hannover
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Historic alpine specimen with clear to white colored fluorapatite crystals on matrix.

Ex collection Alexander Franz, Hannover- comes with his original label

 

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

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