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Apatite

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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Highway 118 & 121 Roadcut, Tory Hill, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
12.50cm
Description

A huge and double terminated singel apatite crystal from an old find in Canada.

Ex Hoffmann collection.

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