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Apatite mineral - You can buy these samples

Apatite is a mineral with a variable content of fluorine, chlorine and OH ions. It has varieties of chlorine-apatite, fluorine-apatite and carbonate-apatite. Due to the variable composition, the common name "apatite" is the name of a supergroup of apatite. In addition to inorganic formation, apatite is also a biomineral, because it occurs in the form of microcrystals in the bones and teeth of living organisms. Apatite is called "bread stone", because. mined for the production of fertilizers.

You can see apatite stone for sale and buy it in the Minerals of Russia online store.

Physical properties of Apatite

General
Category Phosphate mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		 Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
IMA symbol Ap
Strunz classification 8.BN.05
Crystal system Hexagonal
Crystal class Dipyramidal (6/m) (same H-M symbol)
Space group P63/m (no. 176)
Identification
Color Transparent to translucent, usually green, less often colorless, yellow, blue to violet, pink, brown.[3]
Crystal habit Tabular, prismatic crystals, massive, compact or granular
Cleavage [0001] indistinct, [1010] indistinct
Fracture Conchoidal to uneven
Mohs scale hardness 5(defining mineral)
Luster Vitreous to subresinous
Streak White
Diaphaneity Transparent to translucent
Specific gravity 3.16–3.22
Polish luster Vitreous
Optical properties Double refractive, uniaxial negative
Refractive index 1.634–1.638 (+0.012, −0.006)
Birefringence 0.002–0.008
Pleochroism Blue stones – strong, blue and yellow to colorless. Other colors are weak to very weak.
Dispersion 0.013
Ultraviolet fluorescence Yellow stones – purplish-pink, which is stronger in long wave; blue stones – blue to light-blue in both long and short wave; green stones – greenish-yellow, which is stronger in long wave; violet stones – greenish-yellow in long wave, light-purple in short wave.
Staffelite (Apatite)
Code: 4763
Staffelite (Apatite)
Iron mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
49*34*17mm

0.00 $ $28.33

Staffelite (Apatite)
Code: 4764
Staffelite (Apatite)
Iron mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
48*45*18mm

0.00 $ $25.00

Staffelite (Apatite)
Code: 4765
Staffelite (Apatite)
Iron mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
45*29*13mm

0.00 $ $17.67

Apatite, Diopside
Code: 4843
Apatite, Diopside
Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
119*41*25mm

0.00 $ $33.33

Apatite grainy, Hackmanite (UV)
Code: 4556
Apatite grainy, Hackmanite (UV)
Kirovsky mine, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
47*34*29mm

0.00 $ $13.00

Saamite (Apatite), Natrolite
Code: 4400
Saamite (Apatite), Natrolite
Lepkhe-Nelm, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, RF
50*38*19mm

0.00 $ $23.33

Staffelite (Apatite)
Code: 4326
Staffelite (Apatite)
Iron mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
58*48*22mm

0.00 $ $50.00

Staffelite (Apatite)
Code: 4327
Staffelite (Apatite)
Iron mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
72*33*16mm

0.00 $ $36.67

Apatite
Code: 4170
Apatite
Lake Baikal Region, Ust'-Orda Buriat Okrug, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
74*50*44mm

0.00 $ $98.33

Apatite grainy, Hackmanite (UV)
Code: 3844
Apatite grainy, Hackmanite (UV)
Kirovsky mine, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
58*53*22mm

0.00 $ $16.67

Saamite (Apatite)
Code: 3847
Saamite (Apatite)
Lepkhe-Nelm, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, RF
34*37*36mm

0.00 $ $45.00

Recommended
Apatite (mammoth tooth, sphere)
Code: 3938
Apatite (mammoth tooth, sphere)
Yakutia, RF
52mm

0.00 $ $450.00

Apatite
Code: 2560
Apatite
Lake Baikal Region, Ust'-Orda Buriat Okrug, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
60*50*36mm

0.00 $ $49.95

Recommended
Apatite (mammoth tooth, sphere)
Code: 2232
Apatite (mammoth tooth, sphere)
Yakutia, RF
61mm

0.00 $ $675.00

Apatite (mammoth tooth, sphere)
Code: 1313
Apatite (mammoth tooth, sphere)
Yakutia, RF
37mm

0.00 $ $180.00

Apatite grainy (sphere)
Code: 1254
Apatite grainy (sphere)
Kovdor, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
99mm

0.00 $ $310.00

Apatite grainy, Nepheline (sphere)
Code: 1112
Apatite grainy, Nepheline (sphere)
Kirovsky mine, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
62mm

0.00 $ $110.00

Apatite grainy, Nepheline (sphere)
Code: 1114
Apatite grainy, Nepheline (sphere)
Kirovsky mine, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
49,5mm

0.00 $ $90.00

Apatite, Calcite (sphere)
Code: 125
Apatite, Calcite (sphere)
Slyudyanka, Baikal region, RF
53mm

0.00 $ $40.00

Diopside, Apatite grainy , Biotite (sphere)
Code: 833
Diopside, Apatite grainy , Biotite (sphere)
Kovdor, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
78mm

0.00 $ $146.67

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