Locality type: Open-Cast Mine Classification Species: Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5 (PO4 )3 F Habit: Diverse. Euhedral to anhedral, equant, tabular, prismatic, etc. Colour: Purple, lavender, sky blue, yellow, brown, mauve, pink, aqua, etc. Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Albite 36 Quartz 21 - var Smoky Quartz 1 Pyrite 15 Fairfieldite 15 Rhodochrosite 12 Bikitaite 6 Parsettensite 5 Lithiophilite 4 Eosphorite 3 Muscovite 2 Bavenite 2 Lithiomarsturite 2 Siderite 1 Vivianite 1 Footemineite 1 Phosphophyllite 1 Mitridatite 1 Tetrawickmanite 1 Swinefordite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Fluorapatite data Locality Data: Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (114 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 5226 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:5226:9 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA