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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 06:52 Post subject: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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What are your favourite localities for FLUORAPATITE? My favourites are:
- Panasqueira Mine - Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal
- Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
- Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
- Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
- Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
- Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Quartz |
Locality: | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 cm |
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Collection: Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Cerro de Mercado Mine, Cerro de los Remedios, Victoria de Durango, Municipio Durango, Durango, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen sizes 8 & 5 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 12-13 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Albite |
Locality: | Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 11 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Calcite |
Locality: | Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada | |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 cm |
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Collection: Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Fiebre Verde
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 07:16 Post subject: Re: Favourite fluorapatite localities? |
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Also
- La Marina Mine, Municipio Pauna, Boyacá, Colombia
for its intense pink tabular crystals
Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Albite |
Locality: | La Marina Mine, Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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Dimensions: | 54x26x20mm |
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Hope Jordi will not object with the Copyright! |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 08:11 Post subject: Re: Favourite fluorapatite localities? |
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Fiebre Verde wrote: | Fluorapatite, Albite
La Marina Mine, Municipio Pauna, Boyacá, Colombia | Really nice!
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 03:53 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites |
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I changed the name of the topic from "Favourite Fluorapatite localities" to "Favourite Fluorapatites". So everyone can feel free not only to discuss his/her favourite localities but also which colours and forms of that mineral he/she likes the most, e.g. elongated or thick crystals, gemmy or not, pink or purple or green or whatever colour etc. ...
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Brent Lockhart
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Posted: Aug 27, 2016 17:42 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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Here is a locality in Pakistan where the matrix is Microcline
Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Bulochi (Balochi), Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 5 x 4 cms. |
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rweaver
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Posted: Aug 27, 2016 18:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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Former collections of Phil Scalisi, Stuart Wilensky, Irv Brown. Most likely in the Harvard Collection at one time but no proof. Largest crystal is 1.3cm long.
Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension (Pulsifer Quarry), Mount Apatite Park, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5cm x 5.5cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 28, 2016 01:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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Brent Lockhart wrote: | Fluorapatite
Bulochi (Balochi), Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan |
rweaver wrote: | Fluorapatite
Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension (Pulsifer Quarry), Mount Apatite Park, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA |
Two really GREAT samples, thanks!
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GneissWare
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Posted: Aug 28, 2016 11:03 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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Xuebaoding also has great apatites.
Mineral: | Fluorapatite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | 10.5 x 10.4 x 6.2 cm |
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Largest apatite is 5.4 cm across; photo by Jeff Scovil |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 29, 2016 00:28 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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GneissWare wrote: | Xuebaoding also has great apatites.
Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | A very aesthetic specimen with a rather complex hexagonal crystal habitus, indeed a great one :-)
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Thomas Uhlig
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Posted: Sep 21, 2016 13:03 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorapatites? |
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I really like the Fluorapatites from Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 3 x 1.5 cm |
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