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VII - Phosphates
Crystal habit of Apatite Apatite

 
Name   Apatite
Chemistry   Ca5[(F,OH,Cl)|(PO4)3]
Hardness   5
Lustre   vitreous, greasy
Colour   colourless and all colours
Streak   white 
Density [g/cm3]   3.2
Crystal habit   hexagonal, crystals hexagonal prisms or acicular
Cleavage, Fracture   fracture conchoidal
other characteristics and occurrences   widely distributed in all environments (magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic formation)
   

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