Apatite

Hardness ( Moh )

" 5

Crystal System

Hexagonal

Specific Gravity

3.21

Refractive Index

1.628 - 1.650

Birefringence

Family

Colour(s)

White, Light yellow, Blue, Pink white.

Cleavage

Francture Type

conchoidal to uneven

Luster

Streak

White

Transparency

Transparent to translucent

Formula

Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)

Country

Found In Afghanistan,Africa,Algeria,Angola,Antarctica,Argentina,Armenia,Asia,Atlantic Ocean,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Belarus,Belgium,Benin,Bolivia,Botswana,Brazil,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cambodia,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Central African Republic,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Cook Islands,Croatia,Cuba,Czech Republic,Djibouti,Dominican Republic,DR Congo,Ecuador,Egypt,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Eswatini,Ethiopia,Europe,Falkland Islands,Federated States of Micronesia,Fiji,Finland,France,Gabon,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Greenland,Guatemala,Guyana,Hungary,Iceland,India,Indian Ocean,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japan,Jersey,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kiribati,Kosovo,Kyrgyzstan,Lesotho,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Malawi/Mozambique/Tanzania,Malaysia,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritania,Mauritius,Mexico,Mongolia,Montenegro,Montserrat,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nepal,Netherlands,New Zealand,Niger,Nigeria,North Africa,North Korea,North Macedonia,Northwest Africa,Northwest Africa Meteorites,Norway,Oman,Pacific Ocean,Pacific Plate,Pakistan,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Republic of the Congo,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,Saint Helena， Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovakia,Slovenia,Solomon Islands,Somalia,Somaliland,South Africa,South Korea,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Suriname,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Tonga,Tunisia,Turkey,Tuvalu,Uganda,UK,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United States Minor Outlying Islands,Uruguay,USA,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Vietnam,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,The Moon