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Apatite

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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Kereta, Qala, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Two beautiful interpenetrating lilac crystals of apatite on a fully crystallised matrix encrusted with hundreds of other tiny pink apatite crystals.

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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