Apatite from
Mount Xuebaoding, Songpan Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

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Locality type:	Mountain
Classification
Species:	'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:	Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite	ⓘ11 photos of Apatite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Cassiterite	ⓘ6 photos of Apatite associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Scheelite	ⓘ5 photos of Apatite associated with Scheelite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mount Xuebaoding, Songpan Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1517527
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1517527:4
GUID (UUID V4):	5d721420-a355-43fe-aa22-e61377364bf2
References
Liu, Xianyu, Jiuchang Yang, and Quanli Chen. (2022) "Study on Spectral Characteristics and Color Origin of Scheelite from Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, P.R. China" Minerals 12, no. 11: 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111344
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Calcite, 3 cm, from Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China. Don and LauraAaron photo. Malachite, 12 cm, from...Xiefang mine, Ruijin County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China. Don and Laura Aaron photo. 14 ... ~-----------++JONATHAN ALLRED ..,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~__, Apatite on feldspar, 8.6 cm, from Bulachi, Pakistan. Under Zhu, Xinxiang, Raschke, Markus B., Liu, Yan (2020) Tourmaline as a Recorder of Ore-Forming Processes in the Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit, Sichuan Province, China: Evidence from the Chemical Composition of Tourmaline. 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I love...on dolomite, 8.2 cm high, from Shangbao, Hunan, China. Steve and Carol Maslansky specimen. The colors...Figure 6 (below). Fluorite, 10.5 cm high, from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Self–a-Ware Minerals (2009) July - August 2009. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 40 (4) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. Journal (issue) cm, on muscovite, from Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, China. Rob Lavinsky collection...containing excellent crystals of apatite-(CaOH) and a very important find of apatite-(CaF). INTRODUCTION Visitors...late in 2005 were intrigued by unusual-looking “apatite” specimens recently found at Brazil’s Sapo mine...lustrous, dark green hexagonal-tabular crystals of “apatite” from the Sapo mine, in loose groups and on albite-rich...Sapo mine “apatite” is apatite-(CaOH) (formerly known as hydroxylapatite), some is apatite-(CaF) (formerly Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015 Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc. 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