mineral general info

Fluorapatite

Origin: Akchatau, Kazakhstan
Ex. Martin Zinn collection

Sample size: 9.2 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm

Origin: Cerro De Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 3.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm (top/2nd row), 3.4 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (bottom)

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Purple prismatic crystals to 3 mm with quartz, mined in 1966 by Terry Szenics

Origin: Pulsifier quarry, Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine, United States

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Tom Loomis

Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China

Sample size: 16 x 8 x 20 mm

Origin: King Lithia Mine (King Fraction; King Lode; Equality), Greyhound Gulch, Keystone, Keystone District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.6 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich