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Fluorapatite

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Fluorapatite

William Henderson collection

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Description
Locality: 
Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A classic 7mm violet fluorapatite crystal on matrix from the famous Pulsifer Quarry. The crystal is nearly free from damage but as internal crazing like most crystals from this locality.

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

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