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Abhängigkeit der Gestalt der Vizinalpyramiden von der Trachtausbildung der Kristalle. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials\u003C\u002Fi>,  74 (1) 469 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1930.74.1.469'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1930.74.1.469\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1930.74.1.469",{"id":569,"year":565,"html":570,"doi":11},16100918,"Náray-Szabó (1930) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 75: 387.",{"id":572,"year":565,"html":573,"doi":11},16100919,"Mehmel (1930) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 75: 323.",{"id":575,"year":576,"html":577,"doi":11},16100920,1931,"Mehmel (1931) Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Leipzig, Berlin: 15: 223.",{"id":579,"year":576,"html":580,"doi":11},16109568,"Gennaro (1931) Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino, Att.: 66: 433.",{"id":582,"year":583,"html":584,"doi":11},16105633,1932,"Hendricks, Jefferson, and Mosley (1932) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 81: 352.",{"id":586,"year":587,"html":588,"doi":11},16109569,1933,"de Jesus (1933) Com. Serv. Geol. Portugal: 19: 142 (as Mangualdite).",{"id":590,"year":587,"html":591,"doi":11},16109570,"Granigg (1933) Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie, Berlin, hale a.S. 41: 1.",{"id":593,"year":594,"html":595,"doi":11},16109571,1934,"Antonov (1934) State Chem. Tech. Publ., Leningrad: 7, 196 pp.",{"id":597,"year":594,"html":598,"doi":11},16109572,"Köhler and Haberlandt (1934) Chemie der Erde, Jena: 9: 88 (luminescence).",{"id":600,"year":601,"html":602,"doi":11},16109573,1935,"Dadson (1935) University of Toronto Stud., Geology Series, no. 35: 51.",{"id":604,"year":601,"html":605,"doi":11},16109574,"Iwase (1935) Sci. Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res., Tokyo: 27, no. 567: 1.",{"id":607,"year":601,"html":608,"doi":11},16126261,"Otto (1935) Mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen, Vienna: 47: 98.",{"id":610,"year":611,"html":612,"doi":11},16109575,1936,"Royer (1936) Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences de Paris: 202: 1346.",{"id":614,"year":615,"html":616,"doi":11},520668,1937,"McConnell, Duncan (1937) The substitution of SiO4- and SO4-groups for PO4-groups in the apatite structure; ellestadite, the end-member. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  22 (9). 977-986 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM22\u002FAM22_977.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":618,"year":615,"html":619,"doi":11},16105634,"Gruner and McConnell (1937) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 97: 208.",{"id":621,"year":622,"html":623,"doi":11},520712,1938,"McConnell, Duncan (1938) A structural investigation of the isomorphism of the apatite group. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  23 (1) 1-19 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM23\u002FAM23_1.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":625,"year":622,"html":626,"doi":11},16109577,"Hoffmann (1938) Chemie der Erde, Jena: 11: 552 (colour).",{"id":628,"year":622,"html":629,"doi":11},16109578,"Kind (1938) Chemie der Erde, Jena: 12: 50.",[631,639,649,658,663,668,676,684,694,704,712,719,725,732,738,745,753,762,768,775,782,790,796,805,812,819,826,833,840,847,855,865,875,885,895,902,909,916,923,929,935,941,950,957,965,972],{"id":632,"source_url":633,"license_code":634,"credit_html":635,"title":636,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":637,"original_height":638},29724,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F166438","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F166438\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana","Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite",1000,750,{"id":640,"source_url":641,"license_code":642,"credit_html":643,"title":644,"description":645,"author":646,"original_width":647,"original_height":648},55261,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1214971","Public domain","Alcinoe, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1214971\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite HMNH1.jpg","Fluorapatite, doubly-terminated crystal in calcite from Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. Exposed in the Harvard Museum of Natural History","Alcinoe",1135,796,{"id":650,"source_url":651,"license_code":642,"credit_html":652,"title":653,"description":654,"author":655,"original_width":656,"original_height":657},9090,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=7811751","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=7811751\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite 2.jpg","fluorapatite var. violet fluorapatite : Panasqueira Mine (Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira), Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal","Géry PARENT",3008,2000,{"id":659,"source_url":660,"license_code":634,"credit_html":661,"title":636,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":637,"original_height":662},29725,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F166436","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F166436\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",836,{"id":664,"source_url":665,"license_code":634,"credit_html":666,"title":636,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":637,"original_height":667},29726,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F166441","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F166441\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",755,{"id":669,"source_url":670,"license_code":642,"credit_html":671,"title":672,"description":673,"author":655,"original_width":674,"original_height":675},9092,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=11701232","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=11701232\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, mica-01.jpg","fluorapatite var. pink fluorapatite, mica var. muscovite : Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan",4037,2442,{"id":677,"source_url":678,"license_code":634,"credit_html":679,"title":680,"description":681,"author":655,"original_width":682,"original_height":683},9093,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=57011437","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=57011437\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-04.jpg","fluorapatite var. pink fluorapatite  : La Marina Mine, Mun. de Pauna, Boyacá Department, Colombia",1991,1407,{"id":685,"source_url":686,"license_code":687,"credit_html":688,"title":689,"description":690,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":693},55265,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444090","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444090\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-apa30a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 21 x 14 x 7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE on Feldspar\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>To me, this is the best LARGE specimen in the lot for both quality and size of crystals as well as the aesthetic balance of the piece. Numerous crystals to 3 cm rim the upper edge, to make it the best large piece for display quality in my book. They have top color and are fairly translucent when backlit, too. Most of the terminations are freestanding, and thus transmit color and light from behind. One interesting crystal in the middle of the piece has a secondary feldspar growing out from its middle, by way of accent! This one was also priced at 5000 euro at Munich, and I think was\u002Fis well worth it.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",400,317,{"id":695,"source_url":696,"license_code":697,"credit_html":698,"title":699,"description":700,"author":701,"original_width":702,"original_height":703},9094,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167115483","CC BY 4.0","Animalculum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167115483\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cipolin with Fluorapatite, Musee de Mineralogie, Paris, 2025.jpg","Cipolin with Fluorapatite from Saint-Thomas, Joliette, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada in Musee de Mineralogie, Paris","Animalculum",2854,3806,{"id":705,"source_url":706,"license_code":697,"credit_html":707,"title":708,"description":709,"author":701,"original_width":710,"original_height":711},9095,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167215310","Animalculum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167215310\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, Musee de Mineralogie, Paris, 2025.jpg","Fluorapatite from the Pyrenees, France in Musee de Mineralogie, Paris",1676,2235,{"id":713,"source_url":714,"license_code":687,"credit_html":715,"title":716,"description":717,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":718},55267,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444108","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444108\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-apa37a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 13.4 x 12.6 x 9.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE on Feldspar\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This very attractive and balanced cabinet piece shows off a superb, pristine, very colorful 4.5-cm-long crystal (closeup: lower-left) perched smack in the middle!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",337,{"id":720,"source_url":721,"license_code":687,"credit_html":722,"title":723,"description":717,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":724},55268,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444110","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444110\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-apa37b.jpg",300,{"id":726,"source_url":727,"license_code":687,"credit_html":728,"title":729,"description":730,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":731},55269,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444111","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444111\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-apa39c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 21.7 x 19 x 9 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE on Feldspar\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a monstrous plate with sharp, deeply colored crystals to 3.5 cm in size all over it! It is very richly colored, and balanced in the spread of the crystals. This is MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE in person, but it is so hard to capture the qualities such a large specimen on camera. The closeups at least convey how good the individual crystals are. It is one of the best large specimens to have come from the find, I would say, and one of the absolute richest single specimens in terms of surface coverage.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",305,{"id":733,"source_url":734,"license_code":687,"credit_html":735,"title":736,"description":730,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":737},55270,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444116","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444116\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-apa39b.jpg",297,{"id":739,"source_url":740,"license_code":687,"credit_html":741,"title":742,"description":743,"author":691,"original_width":744,"original_height":692},55271,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444125","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444125\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-apa8a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 7 x 3 x 2.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE on Feldspar\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, disc-shaped crystal perched precariously on a feldspar shard. Nice aesthetics could perhaps be turned to killer, by trimming a bit off the bottom to make it into a miniature.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",275,{"id":746,"source_url":747,"license_code":687,"credit_html":748,"title":749,"description":750,"author":691,"original_width":751,"original_height":752},55273,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15284008","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15284008\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-382311.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorapatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorapatite\">Fluorapatite\u003C\u002Fa> (\u003Ci>Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fi>)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: São Geraldo do Baixio, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 12.4 x 7 x 4.1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>7.6 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm. This specimen was featured in the exhibition \"MINERAL DREAMS: Brazilian Gem Treasures\" at the Munich show of 2010. It is one of the most bizarre apatite specimens I have come across, with carved-looking blue apatite crystals sitting one atop the other like stacked flying saucers. It is sharp, and the color and crystal forms are very impactful. The crystal atop is one inch across, and fairly translucent. I have not seen another specimen like this, to date, and was told it came out in about 2007.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",768,1008,{"id":754,"source_url":755,"license_code":687,"credit_html":756,"title":757,"description":758,"author":759,"original_width":760,"original_height":761},23633,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866776","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866776\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apatite-(CaF)-115675.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF))\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Parwan lava caves, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>White acicular Carbonate-fluorapatite crystals in spheres on a Taranakite crust. Field of view 3 mm. A fine exchange specimen from Vic Cloete. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",776,561,{"id":763,"source_url":764,"license_code":687,"credit_html":765,"title":766,"description":758,"author":759,"original_width":767,"original_height":761},23634,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866777","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866777\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apatite-(CaF)-115676.jpg",774,{"id":769,"source_url":770,"license_code":687,"credit_html":771,"title":772,"description":773,"author":691,"original_width":774,"original_height":692},55456,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429879","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429879\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Strontiumapatite-d06-204b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Panasqueira Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPanasqueira\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Panasqueira\">Panasqueira\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCovilh%C3%A3\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Covilhã\">Covilhã\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCastelo_Branco_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Castelo Branco District\">Castelo Branco District\u003C\u002Fa>, Portugal (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2591.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 3.9 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Apatite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The most desired color for Panasqueira fluorapatite has always been the gemmy purple, barrel shaped crystals. This is a superb miniature. It features a pristine, 1.8 cm across, gemmy, lustrous, purple-edged, color-zoned fluorapatite crystal, perched on muscovite. Ex. Steve and Clara Smale Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",383,{"id":776,"source_url":777,"license_code":687,"credit_html":778,"title":779,"description":773,"author":691,"original_width":780,"original_height":781},55457,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429880","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429880\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Strontiumapatite-d06-204a.jpg",572,800,{"id":783,"source_url":784,"license_code":642,"credit_html":785,"title":786,"description":787,"author":655,"original_width":788,"original_height":789},9089,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403328","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403328\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, epidote, quartz 2.jpg","fluorapatite var. yellow fluorapatite, epidote, quartz : Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico",4288,2848,{"id":791,"source_url":792,"license_code":642,"credit_html":793,"title":794,"description":795,"author":655,"original_width":788,"original_height":789},55262,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403301","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403301\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, epidote, quartz 1.jpg","fluorapatite-(Ca) var. yellow fluorapatite, epidote, quartz : Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico",{"id":797,"source_url":798,"license_code":634,"credit_html":799,"title":800,"description":801,"author":802,"original_width":803,"original_height":804},4402,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9032452","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9032452\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apatite Canada.jpg","Apatite-(CaF) (Fluorapatite) Doubly-terminated crystal in calcite \n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality :  Yates mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOtter_Lake\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Otter Lake\">Otter Lake\u003C\u002Fa>, Pontiac RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOutaouais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Outaouais\">Outaouais\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size of crystal 32cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Didier Descouens",4808,6112,{"id":806,"source_url":807,"license_code":687,"credit_html":808,"title":809,"description":810,"author":691,"original_width":781,"original_height":811},9091,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476919","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476919\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-Muscovite-tuc8-098a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMuscovite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Muscovite\">Muscovite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Chumar Bakhoor, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunza_Valley\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunza Valley\">Hunza Valley\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit District\">Gilgit District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-123425.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 7.6 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Fluorapatite on Muscovite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the gem pegmatites of Pakistan, this aesthetic specimen features a castle-like cluster of glassy and gemmy, pink crystals of fluorapatite to 2.0 cm in length, perched on contrasting crystals of muscovite to 1.3 cm across. The largest fluorapatite crystal is doubly terminated and almost an inch in size. It is nearly perfect but does have a small ding to the back of the top termination... when properly displayed this is not evident. Overall, considering these are usually priced at the source as if they were pink gold crystals, this is a very aesthetic specimen at a fair price, with remarkably freestanding presentation of the crystals. I obtained it direct at the mines and trimmed it up to get it this way...with some luck, I admit!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",684,{"id":813,"source_url":814,"license_code":687,"credit_html":815,"title":816,"description":817,"author":691,"original_width":818,"original_height":692},55263,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444057","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444057\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-Quartz-apa20a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 6.4 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE on Quartz\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A riveting piece with extra color and transparency, as the best specimens for color were associated with quartz for some reason. It is a fine miniature, for display and as an example of the species. An odd quartz seam runs through the piece, splitting the apatite crystal vein...more interesting, probably, in person\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",321,{"id":820,"source_url":821,"license_code":687,"credit_html":822,"title":823,"description":824,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":825},55264,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444077","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444077\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-Quartz-apa27a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 4.5 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE with Quartz\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very unique piece with what lokos like a quartz shard, sticking up from the mass of apatites. The shard is perhaps a pseudomorph of quartz after anhydrite, would be my guess from the shape\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",375,{"id":827,"source_url":828,"license_code":687,"credit_html":829,"title":830,"description":831,"author":691,"original_width":832,"original_height":692},55266,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444099","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444099\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-Quartz-apa31c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sapo mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConselheiro_Pena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Conselheiro Pena\">Conselheiro Pena\u003C\u002Fa>, Doce valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4635.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 8.8 x 8.4 x 2.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>carbonate-FLUORAPATITE on Quartz shard\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A cascade of deeply colored crystals to 1.75 cm stands on top of this slender quartz shard! For some reason, it is these few crystals on quartz that have the best and deepest color and lustre. Better in person!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",293,{"id":834,"source_url":835,"license_code":687,"credit_html":836,"title":837,"description":838,"author":691,"original_width":781,"original_height":839},35616,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10452084","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10452084\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bertrandite-Fluorapatite-Fluorite-m06-18b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBertrandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bertrandite\">Bertrandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Aqshatau Mine, Aqshatau (Akchatau; Akschatau; Akchataul), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2219.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 9.2 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Fluorite, Fluorapatite, and Bertrandite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These unbelieveable combos came out in the late 1980s and were promptly sold as AQUAMARINE specimens....for awhile. However, they have retained a high value as phenomenal APATITE specimens, and espeically when in such beautiful combination they are hard to come by today. martin Zinn had the biggest stash of them from this small find,and the pieces such as this that came to market when his collection was dispersed are by far the best on the market in recent years. This is a great piece because it has good fluorite and good quality apatite, but also lots of it - making for wonderful color contrast against the crysatllized matrix loaded with white bertrandite. To this day, these remain one of the most desirable things out of Russia from the 1980s and 1990s.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",520,{"id":841,"source_url":842,"license_code":687,"credit_html":843,"title":844,"description":673,"author":655,"original_width":845,"original_height":846},55272,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=13338295","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=13338295\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, muscovite3.jpg",3921,2605,{"id":848,"source_url":849,"license_code":634,"credit_html":850,"title":851,"description":852,"author":655,"original_width":853,"original_height":854},55274,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=37016276","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=37016276\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apatite-(CaF), muscovite 2.jpg","fluorapatite, mica var. muscovite : Chamachhu Pegmatites, Chamachhu, Haramosh Mts, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan",1981,1315,{"id":856,"source_url":857,"license_code":858,"credit_html":859,"title":860,"description":861,"author":862,"original_width":863,"original_height":864},53108,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=115359803","CC BY 3.0","Gianandrea Ghirri, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=115359803\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nepheline, Fluorapatite, Pyroxene group, Melilite group-1068678.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNepheline\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nepheline\">Nepheline\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorapatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorapatite\">Fluorapatite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyroxene\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyroxene\">Pyroxene Group\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMelilite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Melilite\">Melilite Group\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Field of view: 3 mm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Locality: Graulay quarry, Hillesheim, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Description: In my opinion the green blades could be Augite. On the box there is \"Nepheline, Melilite\" and the location.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Gianandrea Ghirri",3976,2618,{"id":866,"source_url":867,"license_code":868,"credit_html":869,"title":870,"description":871,"author":872,"original_width":873,"original_height":874},16734,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118200497","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118200497\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Morinite with Augelite and Fluorapatite (48140052091).jpg","\u003Cp>Keystone\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nSouth Dakota, USA","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",4000,6000,{"id":876,"source_url":877,"license_code":878,"credit_html":879,"title":880,"description":881,"author":882,"original_width":883,"original_height":884},20966,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=85232451","CC0 1.0","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=85232451\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rinkite-(Ce), Fluorapatite, Fluorite-574772.jpg","Ex Ron Waddell (found 1975). MOB Coll. Orange\u002Fbrown rinkite prisms to ~ 3¼ mm embedded in very dark purple fluorite with pale greenish fluorapatite. Some of the rinkite appears to be well terminated. There are several examples of terminated sprays on the specimen, This is part of \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-185955.html\">[1]\u003C\u002Fa> – which see for comments on the ID. Most of the apatite prisms (to ~ 15 mm long and as much as 6+ mm in diameter) are broken or embedded. For an example of an intact termination see \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-574771.html\">[2]\u003C\u002Fa>. Modified by CombineZP","Modris Baum",3244,2472,{"id":886,"source_url":887,"license_code":888,"credit_html":889,"title":890,"description":891,"author":892,"original_width":893,"original_height":894},23096,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794565","CC BY 2.0","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794565\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Cantley, Quebec, Canada) 2.jpg","Fluorapatite from Quebec, Canada.\n\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 6000 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The phosphate minerals have one or more phosphate anions (PO4-3).\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Apatite is the most common & important phosphate mineral.  Apatite is actually a group of specific minerals that vary in chemistry.  At its simplest, apatite is calcium phosphate, but it has often has other elements thrown in (\"garbage can mineral\").  The general formula given for apatite is often Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) - calcium fluoro-chloro-hydroxyphosphate.  Lead, yttrium, manganese, strontium, and other elements can partially substitute in the calcium position.  Sulfate, arsenate, vanadate, silicate, and carbonate can partially substitute in the phosphate position.  Apatites with F are the fluorapatites.  Apatites with Cl are the chlorapatites.  Apatites with OH are the hydroxylapatites.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Apatite has a nonmetallic luster, can be any color (mottled greens, yellows, and browns are common), has a white streak, is moderately hard (H≡5), and forms hexagonal crystals.  Apatite occurs in many igneous rocks, typically granites, pegmatites, and hydrothermal veins.  Calcium phosphate is also common in some sedimentary rocks, especially phosphorites, high-phosphate limestones, and bone beds.  Apatites are the main components in vertebrate bone and teeth (specifically chlorapatites and hydroxylapatites - they easily convert to fluorapatite upon fossilization\u002Fdiagenesis).\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: unrecorded \u002F undisclosed site at or near the town of Cantley, far-southern Quebec, southeastern Canada\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of apatite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=29229","James St. John",2026,2046,{"id":896,"source_url":897,"license_code":888,"credit_html":898,"title":899,"description":891,"author":892,"original_width":900,"original_height":901},23097,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794572","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794572\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Cantley, Quebec, Canada) 5.jpg",2343,1993,{"id":903,"source_url":904,"license_code":888,"credit_html":905,"title":906,"description":891,"author":892,"original_width":907,"original_height":908},23098,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794582","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794582\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Cantley, Quebec, Canada) 12.jpg",2198,1176,{"id":910,"source_url":911,"license_code":888,"credit_html":912,"title":913,"description":891,"author":892,"original_width":914,"original_height":915},23099,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794585","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794585\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Cantley, Quebec, Canada) 15.jpg",2059,1666,{"id":917,"source_url":918,"license_code":888,"credit_html":919,"title":920,"description":891,"author":892,"original_width":921,"original_height":922},23100,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794593","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794593\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Cantley, Quebec, Canada) 18.jpg",2461,1478,{"id":924,"source_url":925,"license_code":868,"credit_html":926,"title":927,"description":928,"author":872,"original_width":874,"original_height":873},23705,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118188528","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118188528\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Tavistockite) (48417894702).jpg","\u003Cp>Mushishimano\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nKatanga Province, Dem. Rep. Of Congo",{"id":930,"source_url":931,"license_code":868,"credit_html":932,"title":933,"description":934,"author":872,"original_width":873,"original_height":874},23706,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118189908","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118189908\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite (Tavistockite) (48293851031).jpg","Katanga Province, Dem. Rep. Of Congo",{"id":936,"source_url":937,"license_code":687,"credit_html":938,"title":939,"description":838,"author":691,"original_width":940,"original_height":692},35615,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10452082","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10452082\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bertrandite-Fluorapatite-Fluorite-m06-18a.jpg",313,{"id":942,"source_url":943,"license_code":687,"credit_html":944,"title":945,"description":946,"author":947,"original_width":948,"original_height":949},54408,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1855200","Fabre Minerals, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1855200\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Panasqueira Fluorapatite Ferberite.jpg","Fluorapatite on ferberite, Minas da Panasqueira, Level 3, Beira Baixa, Portugal (2002).","Fabre Minerals",395,624,{"id":951,"source_url":952,"license_code":888,"credit_html":953,"title":954,"description":955,"author":892,"original_width":956,"original_height":893},80966,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794416","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146794416\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorite-calcite-fluorapatite-amphibole rock (probably early Neoproterozoic, 929 Ma; Richardson-Fission Mine, just southeast of Radium Lake, Haliburton County, southeastern Ontario, Canada).jpg","Fluorite-calcite-fluorapatite-amphibole rock from the Precambrian of Ontario, Canada (8.2 centimeters across at its widest).\n\u003Cp>This attractive rock is from an igneous dike - a \"vein-dike\" or \"vein-dyke\" - that intrudes Precambrian gneisses and amphibolites at the Richardson-Fission Mine near Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada.  The purple mineral is fluorite.  The whitish-gray material is calcite.  The green crystals are fluorapatite.  The black mineral is amphibole.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Purple fluorite stringers in rocks from this locality resemble gneissic foliation.  The mine targeted radium that had decayed from uranium.  Near uranium-bearing masses, the fluorite has a nearly black color.  When broken, such fluorite emits an unpleasant odor (\"fetid fluorite\", or \"antozonite\", or \"stinkspar\").  A similar phenomenon was noticed long ago in some German mines.  In the early 2010s, the scent was identified and verified as elemental fluorine gas (F2).  This was surprising, as elemental fluorine is highly reactive.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Richardson-Fission Mine \"vein-dyke\" has not been dated, but similar igneous bodies occur elsewhere in Ontario.  Radiometric dating from a calcite-bearing \"vein-dyke\" at Bear Lake Diggings revealed an early Neoproterozoic age of 929 Ma.  These Ontario calcitic dikes appear to be part of an alkaline intrusive event in the Grenville Province, possibly associated with some extensional tectonics at the end of Grenville Orogeny.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nLocality: Richardson-Fission Mine (Richardson Mine; Fission Mine), just southeast of Radium Lake & west of Cope Lake & south of Cardiff Lake, ~3.5 to 4 air-kilometers northeast of the town of Wilberforce, ~25 km west of Bancroft, Cardiff Township, Haliburton County, southeastern Ontario, southeastern Canada",3192,{"id":958,"source_url":959,"license_code":642,"credit_html":960,"title":961,"description":962,"author":882,"original_width":963,"original_height":964},83117,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9476411","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9476411\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Titanite and Apatite-(CaF) - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTitanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Titanite\">Titanite\u003C\u002Fa> (Sphen) and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite-(CaF)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite-(CaF)\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa> (Fluorapatite) - Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada - FOV 3.2 x 2.5 mm - Nice gemmy \"sphene\" with a very complex water clear apatite xl. The little black prisms are very sharply formed and beautifully terminated. They are very common in the igneous breccia. But after all these years I haven't even figured out if they are amphibole or pyroxene.",1024,808,{"id":966,"source_url":967,"license_code":687,"credit_html":968,"title":969,"description":970,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":971},83424,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10448269","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10448269\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-Tosudite-es38a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, Chlorite\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi (Khanty Mansiysk) Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2788.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5 x 4\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Fluorapatite with Chlorite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a complex crystal of fluorapatite with multiple stepped growth terminations. The near colorless crystal has outstanding mirror bright luster on its central faces. The edge faces are enhanced by chlorite growth. There is no apparent damage although the specimen has been contacted at the base where it was wrested from the earth. This is the largest such crystal I have seen for the locality and is MUCH MUCH BETTER IN PERSON.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",325,{"id":973,"source_url":974,"license_code":687,"credit_html":975,"title":976,"description":970,"author":691,"original_width":692,"original_height":977},83425,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10448271","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10448271\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite-Tosudite-es38c.jpg",171,[979,986,991,996,1001],{"id":980,"url":981,"label":982,"formula":983,"spacegroup":984,"year":985},739,"\u002Fcif\u002F739.cif","Hughes 2014 · Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.332 F.773","Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.332 F.773","P 63\u002Fm",2014,{"id":987,"url":988,"label":989,"formula":990,"spacegroup":984,"year":985},740,"\u002Fcif\u002F740.cif","Hughes 2014 · Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.343 F.766","Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.343 F.766",{"id":992,"url":993,"label":994,"formula":995,"spacegroup":984,"year":985},741,"\u002Fcif\u002F741.cif","Hughes 2014 · Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.336 F.764","Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.336 F.764",{"id":997,"url":998,"label":999,"formula":1000,"spacegroup":984,"year":985},742,"\u002Fcif\u002F742.cif","Hughes 2014 · Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.332 F.763","Ca5 P3 O12 Cl.332 F.763",{"id":1002,"url":1003,"label":1004,"formula":1005,"spacegroup":984,"year":1006},743,"\u002Fcif\u002F743.cif","Baikie 2012","Ca4.974 Na.026 (P2.844 Si.09 S.066) O12.18 F.76 Cl.06 H.18",2012,[1008,1009,1010,1011,1012,1013,1014,1015,1016,1017,1018,1019,1020],"Agustit","Apatite-(CaF)","Chlor-fluorapatite","Chrysolite d'Espagne","Crisolito  de España","Fluor-apatite","Fluorapatito","Fluoroapatite","Hydroxyl-fluorapatite","Mangualdite","Nauruite","Oxyapatite","Voelckerite",[1022,1026,1030,1034,1039,1043,1046,1050,1054,1057,1063,1067,1071,1075,1080,1085],{"lang":1023,"names":1024},"ar",[1025],"فلورأباتيت",{"lang":1027,"names":1028},"ca",[1029],"fluorapatita",{"lang":1031,"names":1032},"cs",[1033],"Fluoroapatit",{"lang":1035,"names":1036},"de",[1037,1038],"Apatit-(CaF)","Fluorapatit",{"lang":1040,"names":1041},"es",[1042,1014],"Fluorapatita",{"lang":1044,"names":1045},"eu",[1042],{"lang":1047,"names":1048},"fr",[1049],"fluorapatite",{"lang":1051,"names":1052},"id",[1053],"flourpatite",{"lang":1055,"names":1056},"it",[1049],{"lang":1058,"names":1059},"ja",[1060,1061,1062],"フッ素燐灰石","フルオロアパタイト","弗素燐灰石",{"lang":1064,"names":1065},"ko",[1066],"플루오르인회석",{"lang":1068,"names":1069},"nl",[1070],"fluorapatiet",{"lang":1072,"names":1073},"ru",[1074],"Фторапатит",{"lang":1076,"names":1077},"sl",[1078,1079],"apatit-(CaF)","fluorapatit",{"lang":1081,"names":1082},"uk",[1083,1084],"Флуорапатит","Флюоро-апатит",{"lang":1086,"names":1087},"zh",[1088],"氟磷灰石","Q416275",{"history":1091,"applications":1095},{"markdown":1092,"model_version":1093,"prompt_version":1094,"reviewed_at":11},"The name **apatite** comes from the Greek *apatáō* — to deceive[1]. The mineral earned it because it had so often been mistaken for others: beryl, milarite, and a handful of other gemmy crystals share its colour and outline, and early collectors kept getting it wrong[1][2].\n\nThe naming was the work of the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner, who introduced *apatite* in 1786[2]. Werner treated the substance as a single mineral. Nearly a century would pass before chemistry caught up with that intuition and split it apart.\n\nIn 1860 the German mineralogist Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg reclassified the specimen Werner had described[3]. He gave it the more precise name **fluorapatite**, adding the *Fluor-* prefix to mark the dominance of fluorine in the composition[3]. What Werner had called one mineral was in fact a family. Three endmembers are now recognised — fluorapatite, chlorapatite, and hydroxylapatite — each distinguished by which ion fills the same crystal site: fluoride, chloride, or hydroxide[4].\n\nThe relabelling mattered beyond mineralogy. Hydroxylapatite, the hydroxide-bearing endmember, turned out to be the main mineral component of vertebrate tooth enamel and bone — *\"the major component of tooth enamel and bone mineral\"*[4]. Fluorapatite became the resistant cousin: in the mid-20th century, researchers noticed that communities whose drinking water naturally contained fluorine had lower rates of dental caries[4]. Fluoride ions taken up by tooth enamel convert surface hydroxylapatite into a fluorapatite-like phase, harder for acid to dissolve. That observation is the basis of fluoridated water and fluoride toothpaste.","claude-opus-4-7","1.7.0",{"markdown":1096,"model_version":1093,"prompt_version":1094,"reviewed_at":11},"Fluorapatite is the world's principal source of phosphorus[1]. It is the dominant phosphate mineral in **phosphate rock** — the sedimentary deposits, technically called *phosphorite*, where *\"the phosphate is present as fluorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃F typically in cryptocrystalline masses\"*[2]. Almost everything in modern phosphorus chemistry begins by mining that rock and taking it apart.\n\nThe dominant end-use is agricultural. Roughly **90% of mined phosphate rock goes into fertilizer and animal feed supplements**[3]. The rock is digested with sulfuric acid to produce *wet-process phosphoric acid*, the starting point for most phosphate fertilizers[4]. That phosphorus ends up as the principal component of nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium fertilizers, spread on food crops worldwide[1]. Hydrogen fluoride is a byproduct of the acid digestion — the fluorine that gives fluorapatite its name leaves the rock as gas[4].\n\nA smaller share of phosphate-rock output is refined further. Food-grade phosphates derived from it appear in preservatives and as additives in baking flour[3].\n\nProduction is dominated by a handful of countries. As of 2012, China led at 77 megatonnes per year, followed by the United States at 29.4 megatonnes and Morocco at 26.8 megatonnes[2]. The United States remains *\"the world's leading producer and consumer of phosphate rock\"* for fertilizer manufacture and industrial use[1].\\\nA caveat sits behind those numbers: published statistics aggregate the whole **apatite group**, not fluorapatite alone. Fluorapatite is the bulk of that aggregate, since sedimentary phosphorites are predominantly fluorapatitic. A strict species-by-species accounting is not how the commodity is tracked."]