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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Itarana, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 6.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

Several light blue apatite crystals on matrix from this exotic locality; purchased in Minas Gerais, on 2004

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