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Smart Mine, Lake Clear, Sebastopol Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

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Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Smart Mine, Lake Clear, Sebastopol Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

A very long, 18.4 x 3.9cm fluorapatite crystal with the reddish appearance characteristic of the apatites that are weathered out of calcite vein-dykes in th Eganville area. It was actually found in a pit about 300m SE of the Smart Mine. There are calcite vein dykes all through that area.DJ749
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