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Apatite & Calcite

ex Dr. F. Krantz, Bonn, GER; ex ?
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Description
Locality: 
North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

Old time specimen with small blue apatite crystals and grains in a matrix of sparry whiteish calcite. From North Burgess, Ontario. Rare classic. The label was cut so the collector is not known to me, Krantz stock.

 

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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Best regards Roger