Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Hydroxylapatite |
Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3(OH) |
Comments: | Stubby, opaque white xls with beraunite, eosphorite, and etched fluorapatite in the oxidized zone. |
Habit: | Opaque, white hexagons in the oxidized zone. |
Colour: | white, color-zoned colorless and white |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hydroxylapatite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 987094 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:987094:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | efc16191-0cba-4ce1-a093-aa15b5c7d8ee |
Nearest other occurrences of Hydroxylapatite |
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15.4km (9.6 miles) | ⓘBessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA |
56.5km (35.1 miles) | ⓘMartin Marietta Quarry (Hickory Quarry), Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts N orth America has produced some...gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite...opinion, and the opinion of many others, another of North America’s finest fluorapatite specimens. It is from...as the J. Keating Company stone quarry), Bristol County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite...fissures form under special conditions during mountain-building events (orogens) that result from collisional |
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