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Multiple photos availableApatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Fluorapatite crystals to 4 mm from Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Finland. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 57480    View Count: 262

Multiple photos availableApatite-(CaF) (Var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)) : (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH), Fluorite : CaF2, Quartz : SiO2

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Fluorapatite-Mn, in purplish crystals, with fluorite and quartz. Collected by A. Österlöf 5/20/77. Alan Goldstein specimen (#8170) and photo. FOV = 1 cm
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 93891    View Count: 165

Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)) : (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH), Quartz : SiO2

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Another slightly bigger apatite crystal (5 mm) in a qz and kaolin filled cavity-Viitaniemi, Finland. AÖ specimen and photo.
 © AÖPhoto ID: 163290    View Count: 111

Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)) : (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH), Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) : Na[AlSi3O8]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

A number of small (3-4mm) blue Apatite crystals with cleavelandite from the wellknown Viitaniemi pegmatite, Finland. Full specimen is around 60x80x120 mm, AÖ specimen and photo.
 © AÖPhoto ID: 163294    View Count: 89
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