Mineral: | Apatite (Fluorapatite) | Chemical Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | | Quantity: | | Origin: | Onh Bin Yee Htwet , Le-Oo (Le U), northeast of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar) | Well this is a so called "Kling" Apatite referring to the sound you can hear if you hit two
crystals against each other...these are very clean gemmy apatite crystals found in small
quantities, look on other website, if you can find ,the prices are very high. These crystals from Ohn Bin mine
showing mostly a very melted ,etched looking surface due to contact to acidly phases
after the epitaxy. Here you get an inexpensive specimen with nice termination
top transparency and a pleochroism which is rarely found on apatite crystals !!!

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