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Apatite from
Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1851992
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1851992:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘKrähenberg meteorite, Krähenberg, Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben, Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘManganese mine (incl. Johann Shaft; Jakob Adit), Krettnich, Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘB 50 construction site, Longkamp, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
56.2km (34.9 miles) ⓘKautenbach Mine, Kautenbach, Traben-Trarbach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
71.0km (44.1 miles) ⓘLinck marble works, Auerbach, Bensheim, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
72.3km (44.9 miles) ⓘAuf dem Zins, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘKreuzer & Böhringer Quarry, Das Buch, Lindenfels, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘRoßberg Quarry, Roßdorf, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
86.4km (53.7 miles) ⓘGabbro quarry, Bensenböhlskopf, Groß-Bieberau, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘRothenberg Mine (Seitersfeld), Oberneisen, Aar-Einrich, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Kohout, Karl (1998) DIe Rauschermühle bei Niederkirchen/Pfalz und ihre Mineralien [The Rauschermühle near Niederkirchen/Pfalz and its minerals]. Lapis, 23 (11). 13-19;54
 
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