Fluorapatite

  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 28 x 24 x 14 mm
 
  
Ex. Don Belsher collection
  
Fluorapatite on calcite
Origin: Yates mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 9 cm tall (top), 12.6 x 7 x 9.6 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Sample size: 27 x 7 x 21 mm
 
 
  
Fluorapatite with minor arsenopyrite
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 26 x 18 x 20 mm (top), 22 x 13 x 23 mm (bottom)
 
Origin: Pea Ridge Mine, Washington Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 15 mm tall
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

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Origin: King Lithia Mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States
Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 1.5 x 1.5 .8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Fluorapatite on quartz
Origin: Paprok, Kunar, Afghanistan
Sample size: 6.5 x 3.3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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