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Fluorapatite var. Staffelite from Staffel, Hessen, Germany (Type Locality for Staffelite)

 
Fluorapatite var. Staffelite from Staffel, Hessen, Germany (Type Locality for Staffelite)

Fluorapatite var. Staffelite from Staffel, Hessen, Germany (Type Locality for Staffelite)

Fluorapatite var. Staffelite from Staffel, Hessen, Germany (Type Locality for Staffelite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 37969
Mineral:Fluorapatite var. Staffelite
Locality:Staffel, Hessen, Germany (Type Locality for Staffelite)
Description:Translucent botryoidal apatite in a thin layer on brown matrix. This variety is known as staffelite, once thought to be a unique mineral species, but proved in 1938 to be apatite. Ex. John A. Manley (1861-1936) ca. 1890s
Overall Size:4x3x2 cm
Crystals:0.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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