Turquoise, Fluorapatite

Specimen ID: 2F2-LKH

Mineral(s)
Turquoise : CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Fluorapatite : Ca5(PO4)3F
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
4.2cm x 3.1cm x 1.9cm
Events

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4.2 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm. A very strange and fine pseudomorph from this find down in Mexico. The crystals are relatively sharp, so far as they go, faithfully showing hexagonal apatite crystal form, even though the two crystals are now completely replaced by carving-grade turquoise.
Robert Lavinsky - 22nd October 2008
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