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Fluorapatite

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Locality: 
Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

An elegant sample with many bluish fluorapatite crystals on aplite matrix.

This sample is from Rebentão Mine (Lagares do Estanho Mines) a true classic and one of the most important W/Sn mines in Portugal.

Collected: 
2005
Boxed with Label
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