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Apatite from
Warsak, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan



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Warsak, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
© Aymeric Longi
Description
Habit:usually platy, or bar-shaped
Colour:from colorless to dark teal, with a whole array of purples in between.
Quality of samples:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visual Identification
References
References:Specimen and crystals bought by Aymeric Longi in Peshawar, 2006.
Comments
Occurs as water-clear, flat, barrel-shaped crystals, which are more or less included with actinolite needles, often arranged in clusters. Often broken during extraction, making it hard to get undamaged specimens, or even a single crystal.
Also as opaque crystals on matrix, which are rather bar-shaped. The color goes from milky white to deep green, from the very numerous actinolite inclusions.
Mineral and/or Locality
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