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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Selected fraction of a sanidinite ejection block with colorless and transparent biterminated fluorapatite crystal with a smaller crystal attached on. Other minerals visible are pyroxene and very tiny yellow titanite crystals.

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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