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Fluorapatite on Chalcopyrite

#PD32019

Fluorapatite on Chalcopyrite

#PD32019
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 6 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Ca5(PO4)3F (RRUFF)
Locality
Eagle mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado, United States
Tagged
phosphate

Pale greenish tabular Apatite crystals, which fluoresce opaque blue-white in shortwave UV light, to 8mm set in matrix of tarnished-brassy Chalcopyrite. Nice piece from the famous Eagle Mine!

Fluorescent

Fluorapatite

Formula
Ca5(PO4)3
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Massive - Granular, Euhedral Crystals 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Resinous 
Color
blue, brown, colorless, violet, green 
Streak
white 
Class
Hexagonal - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Phillips Collection
Special Info
Fluorescent

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