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Apatite In Fluorite

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Apatite In Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.20cm
Description

This is an amazing apatite (fluorapatite) for the Hill, recovered in the North Mine by a field geologist.

A dozen or more dark translucent blue apatite crystals, very sharp and well formed in a salmon brown fluorite matrix.

The largest crystal which is doubly terminated is a little over 3cm long.

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Earthstones Australia

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