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Apatite

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Apatite

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Description
Locality: 
Keeley-Frontier Mine, South Lorrain Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Rarely seen from this area, a specimen of slender, slightly curved, pink apatite crystals in matrix with chalcopyrite from the ghost town of Silver Centre. The piece weighs about 105 g.

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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