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Fluorapatite & Augite

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Fluorapatite & Augite

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Description
Locality: 
Maniwaki Occurrences, Lac-Pythonga, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Very nice bi-terminated (and undamaged, unrepaired) lustrous brown green fluorapatite crystal associated with augite crystals.  Collected in 2017 from a small pegmatite vein rich in orange calcite, similar to the famous Yates Mine near Otter Lake.

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

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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