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1 item @ $25.00  

Fluorapatite

#65963

Fluorapatite

#65963
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 1.5 x 2 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Ca5(PO4)3F (RRUFF)
Locality
King Lithia mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States
Tagged
phosphate , pegmatite mineral , lithium

Good purple hexagonal crystals with modified terminatons to 4mm.

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.

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