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Fluorapatite from
New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA


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Fluorapatite

New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
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Fluorapatite

New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
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Fluorapatite

New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:366173
Long-form Identifier:1:3:366173:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘHunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘKensington Mica Mine (Gilmore Mine; B. H. Warner Mine), Wheaton, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
63.0km (39.1 miles) ⓘFrost Quarry, Davis, Howard County, Maryland, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) ⓘBessie Bell Mountain occurrence, Bessie Bell Mountain, Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
81.5km (50.7 miles) ⓘJones Falls Quarries, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
References
Dietrich, R. V. (1990) Minerals of Virginia. Virginia Geological Survey.
 
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