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Fluorapatite from
Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Montebrasite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:24510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:24510:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Fluorapatite in this Region
Rožná Borovina, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
Rožná Hradisko, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘRožná Hradisko, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘRožná Borovina, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘRožná deposit, Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘVěžná I pegmatite, Věžná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘKozlov, Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘHorní Bory quarry, Horní Bory, Bory, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘCyrilov phosphate pegmatite (Cyrillhof), Cyrilov (Cyrillhof), Horní Bory, Bory, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘGranite quarry, Pohled, Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
47.7km (29.7 miles) ⓘDolní Kounice quarry, Dolní Kounice, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘSkalka hill, Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
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