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2. Apatite - Wikipedia

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   Apatite is the defining mineral for 5 on the Mohs scale. [11] It can be distinguished in the field from beryl and tourmaline by its relative softness. It is often fluorescent under ultraviolet light. [12] Apatite is one of a few minerals produced and used by biological micro-environmental systems. [7]

3. Cavansite - Wikipedia

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   Cavansite is a distinctive mineral. It tends to form crystal aggregates, generally in the form of balls, up to a couple centimeters in size. Sometimes, the balls are coarse enough to allow the individual crystals to be seen. Rarely, cavansite forms bowtie-shaped aggregates. The color of cavansite is distinctive, almost always a rich, bright blue.

4. Larvikite - Wikipedia

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   A larvikite quarry in Larvik, Norway, 2008 Polished larvikite (marketed as "Blue Pearl Granite"), showing labradorescence, is a popular decorative stone. Light larvikite with a polished surface Larvikite is an igneous rock , specifically a variety of monzonite , [ 1 ] notable for the presence of thumbnail-sized crystals of feldspar .

5. Pegmatite - Wikipedia

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   Rose muscovite from the Harding pegmatite mine Blue apatite crystals at the Harding pegmatite mine. Pegmatites form under conditions in which the rate of new crystal nucleation is much slower than the rate of crystal growth. Large crystals are favored. In normal igneous rocks, coarse texture is a result of slow cooling deep underground. [14]

6. Fluorapatite - Wikipedia

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   Fluorapatite as a naturally occurring impurity in apatite generates hydrogen fluoride as a byproduct during the production of phosphoric acid, as apatite is digested by sulfuric acid. The hydrogen fluoride byproduct is now one of the industrial sources of hydrofluoric acid , which in turn is used as a starting reagent for synthesis of a range ...

7. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   Actinolite. Nephrite (var.); Adamite; Aegirine; Afghanite; Agrellite; Algodonite; Alunite; Amblygonite; Analcime; Anatase; Andalusite. Chiastolite; Andesine ...