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Apatite & Mica

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Apatite & Mica

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Description
Locality: 
Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

Pale blue opaque apatite crystals to 2.7cm set in a matrix of super shiny biotite mica.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group
Surrey Minerals