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Collophane
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Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
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A variety of Carbonate-rich Apatite
A name used for the massive, cryptocrystalline, colloidal (amorphous) varieties of Carbonate-Fluorapatite or Carbonate-Hydroxylapatite, such as those that constitute the bulk of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
Often appears opaline or horn-like, with a dense, layered or colloform structure; concretionary, nodular, spherulitic, or pulverulent at times.
A name used for the massive, cryptocrystalline, colloidal (amorphous) varieties of Carbonate-Fluorapatite or Carbonate-Hydroxylapatite, such as those that constitute the bulk of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
Often appears opaline or horn-like, with a dense, layered or colloform structure; concretionary, nodular, spherulitic, or pulverulent at times.
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||
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| Reference List: - + | Sandberger (1870) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: 308 (as Kollophan). Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 808. Rogers (1922) American Journal of Science: 3: 269. Morozewicz (1924) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 47: 46 (as Grodnolite). Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 879. | |||||
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Locality Updated: Cave Hill, (David Mitchell Limestone Quarry), Lilydale, Victoria, AustraliaFrom Steve Sorrell, 18th May 2013 12:21:45

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