Apatite
UNB-2017-0204Minerals » Phosphates
Description
Sample of large tabular euhedral Apatite. Colour is green and pink and lustre is greasy to slightly vitreous.
Apatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)) can be green, brown, red, yellow, violet, pink, white or colourless. Lustre can be greasy or vitreous and streak is white. Hardness is 5 and cleavage is poor in one direction crosswise. Apatite tends to be short or long prismatic crystals but can also be tabular, massive, coarse granular to compact, stalactitic, earthy or oolitic in form.
Specifications
| Object name | Apatite |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0204 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Mineral |
| Classification | Mineral group: Phosphates |
| Composition |
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| Origin | Sydenham, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.