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Chemical Composition:
(Sr, Ce, Na, Ca)5(PO4)3(OH)
Group: Apatite
System: Hexagonal
Family: Phosphates
Hardness: 5
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- Hexagonal, prismatic crystals, elongated or rather stubby
- Other colours: green, brown, red or blue
- Heavy, very fragile
- Stable in many environments
- Found in: Algeria, Austria, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Germany,
Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Naura, South Africa, Sweden, Togo, Tunisia,
USA, former USSR
- Uses: manufacture of phosphate fertilizer
- Very common
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