A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Apatite and fluorite |
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| Description | Fluorite, CaFs, comes in many colors, but this purplish hue is perhaps most common. Crystals are typically cubic, like the ones shown here. In this specimen, 8 cm across, fluorite cubes are embedded in apatite, Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl), the most common phosphate mineral. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-29. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #992. |
| Key words | apatite, fluortie |
| Tech details | 862 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 965 |
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