mineral general info

Fluorapatite

Fluorapatite with hematite pseudomorph after magnetite

Origin: Cerro do Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 3.4 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm (top/2nd row), 2.7 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm (bottom)

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Very pale pinkish fluorapatite grouping 1.7 x 3.5 cm in size with pyrrhotite and pearly colourless dolomite

Origin: Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: about 6.5 x 4 cm

Fluorapatite with arsenopyrite

Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal

Ex. Willard Perkin collection

Sample size: 26 x 10 x 24 mm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Fluorapatite on fluorite

Origin: Akchatau Tungsten Mine, Kazakhstan

Ex. Marty Zinn collection

Sample size: 6.5 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm

Origin: Emmons Quarry, Greenwood, Maine, Northeast U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.6 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co