Here is a rarely seen specimen of what used to be called carbonate fluorapatite from Durango, Mexico. Carbonate fluorapatite was at one time a valid species, but is now defined as a variety of fluorapatite called carbonate-rich fluorapatite. Additionally, you might see these pieces labeled as francolite from years ago, but that's also an archaic ...
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