| Locality type: | Glacier |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Triolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 864040 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:864040:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e60c8aa6-1a75-4da2-b09f-2a738d3b3ad8 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | ⓘAiguille de l'A Neuve, La Fouly, Ferret Valley, Orsières, Entremont, Valais, Switzerland |
| 18.9km (11.8 miles) | ⓘLe Catogne, Sembrancher, Entremont, Valais, Switzerland |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘBalayer, Finhaut, Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘLes Valettes, Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland |
| 22.6km (14.0 miles) | ⓘChez Larze, Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland |
| 22.9km (14.2 miles) | ⓘTête des Econduits, Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland |
| 22.9km (14.2 miles) | ⓘMartigny road tunnel, Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland |
| 26.6km (16.5 miles) | ⓘLes Petits Perrons, La Creusaz, Les Marécottes, Salvan, Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland |
| 40.1km (24.9 miles) | ⓘPraborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 43.2km (26.8 miles) | ⓘCignana Lake (Tsignanaz Lake), Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book | | magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain, 1982), with ilmenite...during the 1970s (see this entry for Actinolite, Fluorapatite, Prehnite, Pumpellyite). Ilmenite was found...furnish excellent specimens of gemmy yellow fluorapatite, as well as good specimens of epidote, pyroxene...cm, or as inclusions in quartz, calcite and fluorapatite crystals. Ilmenite may also replace brookite...acicular crystals of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas] |
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