Apatite Mineral Gallery

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Apatite: Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)  
Carbonate-fluorapatite: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F

Comments: Pink, colliform carbonate-fluorapatite on matrix.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Apatite: Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)  
Robertsite: Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6·3(H2O)  
Carbonate-hydroxylapatite: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH)

Comments: Black crystals of Robertsite on pink carbonate-hydroxylapatite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Apatite: Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)  
Carbonate-fluorapatite: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F

Comments: Pink, colliform carbonate-fluorapatite on matrix.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Apatite: Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)  
Robertsite: Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6·3(H2O)  
Carbonate-hydroxylapatite: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH)

Comments: Black crystals of Robertsite on pink carbonate-hydroxylapatite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Apatite-(CaCl): Ca5(PO4)3Cl

Comments: Blocky crystals of chlorapatite.
Location: Oyna, Froland, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Apatite-(CaCl): Ca5(PO4)3Cl

Comments: Blocky crystals of chlorapatite.
Location: Oyna, Froland, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Apatite-(CaF): Ca5(PO4)3F  
Gatumbaite: CaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: White crystalline gatumbaite with yellow brazilianite in massive blue fluorapatite.
Location: Buranga Pegmatite, near Gatumba, Gisenyi, Rwanda. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Apatite-(CaF): Ca5(PO4)3F  
Beryl: Be3Al2Si6O18  
Muscovite: KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2  
Apatite: Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)

Comments: Pink crystals of fluorapatite with pale blue beryl (aquamarine) on books of muscovite crystals.
Location: Nagar area, Gilgit district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Scale: 3 x 3 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

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Apatite-(CaF): Ca5(PO4)3F  
Quartz: SiO2

Comments: Purple crystal of fluorapatite on slightly smoky quartz crystals. Former Dr. E.E. David and Houston Museum collections.
Location: Pech, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Scale: Crystal size 3.0 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm.
© Ed Rosenzweig

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Apatite-(CaF): Ca5(PO4)3F  
Beryl: Be3Al2Si6O18  
Muscovite: KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2  
Apatite: Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)

Comments: Pink crystals of fluorapatite with pale blue beryl (aquamarine) on books of muscovite crystals.
Location: Nagar area, Gilgit district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Scale: 3 x 3 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

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Apatite-(CaF): Ca5(PO4)3F  
Quartz: SiO2

Comments: Purple crystal of fluorapatite on slightly smoky quartz crystals. Former Dr. E.E. David and Houston Museum collections.
Location: Pech, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Scale: Crystal size 3.0 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm.
© Ed Rosenzweig

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Apatite-(CaF): Ca5(PO4)3F  
Gatumbaite: CaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: White crystalline gatumbaite with yellow brazilianite in massive blue fluorapatite.
Location: Buranga Pegmatite, near Gatumba, Gisenyi, Rwanda. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Apatite-(CaOH): Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

Comments: Opaque white blocky crystal of hydroxylapatite.
Location: Snarum, Buskerud, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Apatite-(CaOH): Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

Comments: Opaque white blocky crystal of hydroxylapatite.
Location: Snarum, Buskerud, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species