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Fluorapatite With Mica & Albite

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Fluorapatite With Mica & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Chamachhu, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A soft pink hexagonal crystal of fluorapatite is leaning on white color Albite crystals and shining crystals of Mica
The Apatite has great form, with sharp, semi-lustrous faces, and is doubly-terminated. Overall, there is very little damage and the balance of the piece is certainly eye-catching. A relatively hard-to-find Apatite specimen from this lesser known pegmatite locality in Pakistan.

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

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
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