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Apatite from
Sunset Falls Railroad Cut, Index Mining District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Habit:well formed elongated prisms to 2 1/4" long
Colour:greyish
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sunset Falls Railroad Cut, Index Mining District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:93235
Long-form Identifier:1:3:93235:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘMono Mine, Miller River Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘ48-55 Mine, Vesper Peak, Sultan Mining District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘCrater Lake Canyon, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘMount Roosevelt, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
49.8km (30.9 miles) ⓘSilver Peak, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘHolden Mine, Railroad Creek Mining District, Chelan County, Washington, USA
82.7km (51.4 miles) ⓘHamilton Mine, Hamilton Mining District, Skagit County, Washington, USA
References
Cannon, Bart (1975) Minerals of Washington. Cordilleran. 184 pp.pages 38,48,86
 
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