Fluorapatite

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Aliases: Apatite, Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Varieties: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Luminescence

Fluorescence

Shortwave: Yellow [19], Pink [10], Orange [9], Blue [7], Violet [1]
Midwave: Yellow [2]
Longwave: Blue [10], Orange [4], Yellow [1], Violet [1]
Unknown excitation: Blue [10], Orange [9], Pink [6], White [6], Yellow [4], [3], Violet [2], Red [1], Peach [1]

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

None reported

Activators

Peak	Excitation	Activator	Color	Locality
		U6+ in M1 site	Green
		Mn5+ replacing P	IR
360nm		Ce3+ in M1 site
430nm		Ce3+ in M2 site
450nm (Δ=Broad)		Eu2+ in M2 site
478nm		Dy3+
569nm		Mn2+ in M2 site	Yellow
573nm		Dy3+
574nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M2 site
587nm (Δ=Broad)		Mn2+ in M1 site	Yellow
590nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M1 site
604nm		Sm3+
618nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M1 site
623nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M2 site
629nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M2 site
651nm		Sm3+
653nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M1 site
700nm (Δ=Narrow)		Eu3+ in M1 site

Localities

Afghanistan
    FL-Yellow [1]
Bolivia
    Cochabamba
        Arque Province
            Cerro Grande District
                SW-Blue [1], SW-Orange [1], FL-Blue [1], FL-Peach [1]
    Oruro
        Cercado Province
            Oruro City
                San José Mine
                    LW-Orange [2], LW-Blue [2], SW-Orange [2], SW-Pink [2]
    Potosí
        Cerro Huañaquino
            FL-White [1], FL-Orange [1]
        Rafael Bustillo Province
            Llallagua
                Siglo Veinte Mine
                    SW-Blue [1], SW-Orange [1], FL-Pink [1], FL-Orange [1], FL-Blue [1], FL-White [1], FL-Violet [1]
Brazil
    Minas Gerais
        Nova Lima
            Morro Velho mine
                SW-Pink [1], LW-Blue [1]
        Pedra Azul pegmatite district
            Medina pegmatite field
                SW-Yellow [1]
        Virgem da Lapa
            Toca da Onça pegmatite
                SW-Yellow [1]
Canada
    Ontario
        Leeds and Grenville Counties
            FL-Blue [1], LW-Blue [1]
    Québec
        Montérégie
            La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
                Mont Saint-Hilaire
                    SW-Pink [2], SW-Blue [2], LW-Violet [1], SW-Orange [1], LW-Blue [1]
        Outaouais
            Pontiac RCM
                Otter Lake
                    FL-Blue [1], LW-Blue [1]
Germany
    Saxony
        Erzgebirgskreis
            Ehrenfriedersdorf
                FL-Orange [2], FL-Blue [1], FL-Pink [1]
Japan
    Tochigi Prefecture
        Nikko City
            Ashio
                Ashio mine
                    FL-Orange [1], FL-Violet [1]
            Imaichi
                Fubasami mine
                    LW-Orange [1], LW-Blue [1]
Mexico
    Durango
        Durango Municipality
            Victoria de Durango
                Cerro de Mercado Mine
                    MW-Yellow [1]
Morocco
    Anti-Atlas Mountains
        MW-Yellow [1]
Pakistan
    FL-Yellow [1]
    Gilgit-Baltistan
        Astore District
            Drot Valley
                Bulochi
                    LW-Yellow [1], SW-Yellow [1]
        Nagar District
            SW-Yellow [1]
        Roundu District
            Haramosh Mts.
                SW-Yellow [1]
            Shengus
                SW-Yellow [1]
Peru
    Ancash
        Bolognesi Province
            Huallanca District
                Huanzala
                    Huanzala Mine
                        FL-White [1]
    Huancavelica
        Angaraes Province
            Julcani District
                Julcani Mine
                    FL- [1]
Portugal
    Castelo Branco
        Covilhã
            Panasqueira Mines
                FL-Pink [2], FL-Blue [2], SW-Orange [1], SW-Violet [1], FL- [1], FL-White [1], SW-Pink [1], LW-Blue [1], SW-Yellow [1]
Russia
    Irkutsk Oblast
        Lake Baikal area
            Slyudyanka
                FL- [1]
    Murmansk Oblast
        Khibiny Massif
            LW-Blue [1], SW-Blue [1], SW-Pink [1]
        Lovozero Massif
            SW-Pink [2], LW-Blue [1], SW-Blue [1]
Spain
    Murcia
        Jumilla
            SW-Pink [1]
Sweden
    Värmland County
        Filipstad
            Långban Ore District
                Långban Mine
                    SW-Blue [1], SW-Yellow [1]
USA
    FL-Yellow [1]
    Arizona
        Yavapai County
            White Picacho Mining District
                Independence Gulch
                    Midnight Owl Mine
                        SW-Yellow [1]
    California
        San Bernardino County
            San Bernardino Mountains
                Bear Valley District
                    Fawnskin
                        Desert View Mine
                            SW-Orange [1]
        San Diego County
            Mesa Grande Mining District
                Gem Hill
                    Himalaya Mine
                        SW-Yellow [1]
    Colorado
        Eagle County
            Gilman Mining District
                Gilman
                    Eagle Mine
                        FL-Blue [2], FL-Pink [2], FL-Orange [2]
        Fremont County
            Royal Gorge
                SW-Yellow [1]
    Connecticut
        Middlesex County
            Portland
                Collins Hill
                    Strickland pegmatite
                        SW-Yellow [1]
    Maine
        Oxford County
            Greenwood
                FL-Red [1]
                Noyes Mountain Quarry
                    SW-Yellow [1]
    New Hampshire
        Carroll County
            Wakefield
                Ham and Weeks Mine
                    SW-Yellow [1]
        Grafton County
            Orange
                Keyes Mica Quarries
                    SW-Yellow [2]
        Strafford County
            Strafford
                Parker Mountain
                    Parker Mountain Mine
                        SW-Yellow [1]
    New Jersey
        Sussex County
            Franklin Mining District
                Franklin
                    Franklin Marble
                        FL-Blue [1], FL-Orange [1]
                    Franklin Mine
                        FL-Orange [1], SW-Orange [1]
            Sparta Township
                Edison Mine
                    SW-Orange [1], LW-Orange [1], FL-Yellow [1]
    New Mexico
        Taos County
            Picuris District
                Harding Mine
                    SW-Yellow [1]
    New York
        Lewis County
            Port Leyden
                Grenville marble
                    FL-White [1]
        St. Lawrence County
            Fine
                FL-White [1]
    North Carolina
        Spruce Pine Mining District
            SW-Yellow [1]

References

Igor V. Pekov. "Lovozero Massif: History, Pegmatites, Minerals." Ocean Pictures LTD, 2000. ISBN: 9785900395272

• Russia, Murmansk Oblast, Lovozero Massif (SW-Pink)

John Rakovan, Glenn A. Waychunas. "Color and luminescence in apatite." Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs, 17:10-17, 2013.

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Franklin, Franklin Mine (FL-Orange)
• Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Panasqueira Mines (SW-Orange, SW-Violet)
• USA (FL-Yellow)
• Afghanistan (FL-Yellow)
• Pakistan (FL-Yellow)
• USA, Maine, Oxford County, Greenwood (FL-Red)
• Mexico, Durango, Durango Municipality, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de Mercado Mine (MW-Yellow)
• Morocco, Anti-Atlas Mountains (MW-Yellow)
• Bolivia, Cochabamba, Arque Province, Cerro Grande District (SW-Blue, SW-Orange)
• Bolivia, Potosí, Rafael Bustillo Province, Llallagua, Siglo Veinte Mine (SW-Blue, SW-Orange)
• Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Astore District, Drot Valley, Bulochi (LW-Yellow, SW-Yellow)

Alfredo Petrov, Jaroslav Hyrsl. "Apatite from the Andes." Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs, 17:67-69, 2013.

• Bolivia, Potosí, Rafael Bustillo Province, Llallagua, Siglo Veinte Mine (FL-Blue, FL-Orange, FL-Pink, FL-Violet, FL-White)
• Bolivia, Cochabamba, Arque Province, Cerro Grande District (FL-Blue, FL-Peach)
• Bolivia, Potosí, Cerro Huañaquino (FL-Orange, FL-White)
• Peru, Ancash, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District, Huanzala, Huanzala Mine (FL-White)
• Peru, Huancavelica, Angaraes Province, Julcani District, Julcani Mine (FL-)

Carles Curto Mila, Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera. "The Panasqueira Mines: One Hundred Years of Fluorapatite." Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs, 17:71-81, 2013.

• Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Panasqueira Mines (FL-)

John Rakovan. "China and Japan." Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs, 17:98-102, 2013.

• Japan, Tochigi Prefecture, Nikko City, Ashio, Ashio mine (FL-Orange, FL-Violet)
• Japan, Tochigi Prefecture, Nikko City, Imaichi, Fubasami mine (LW-Blue, LW-Orange)

Dmitriy Belakovskiy. "Apatite localities of Russia and other former soviet republics." Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs, 17:103-111, 2013.

• Russia, Irkutsk Oblast, Lake Baikal area, Slyudyanka (FL-)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Franklin's Fluorescent Minerals: Can They Be Found Elsewhere?." Rocks & Minerals, 60(5):235-244, 1985. 10.1080/00357529.1985.11764415

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Franklin, Franklin Marble (FL-Blue, FL-Orange)
• USA, New York, Lewis County, Port Leyden, Grenville marble (FL-White)
• Canada, Ontario, Leeds and Grenville Counties (FL-Blue)
• Canada, Québec, Outaouais, Pontiac RCM, Otter Lake (FL-Blue)
• Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Panasqueira Mines (FL-Blue, FL-Pink, FL-White)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Holcomb Valley: Apatite, Calcite, Willemite." Rocks & Minerals, 61(1):33-34, 1986. 10.1080/00357529.1986.11768430

• USA, California, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino Mountains, Bear Valley District, Fawnskin, Desert View Mine (SW-Orange)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Fluorescent Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire." Rocks & Minerals, 61(4):219-221, 1986. 10.1080/00357529.1986.11762717

• Canada, Québec, Montérégie, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Mont Saint-Hilaire (LW-Violet, SW-Blue, SW-Orange, SW-Pink)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Many Fluorescences of Fluorite." Rocks & Minerals, 65(5):455-459, 1990. 10.1080/00357529.1990.11761711

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Sparta Township, Edison Mine (LW-Orange, SW-Orange)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Apatite a Remarkable Fluorescent Mineral." Rocks & Minerals, 70(3):193-197, 1995. 10.1080/00357529.1995.9926621

• USA, New Hampshire, Carroll County, Wakefield, Ham and Weeks Mine (SW-Yellow)
• USA, New Hampshire, Strafford County, Strafford, Parker Mountain, Parker Mountain Mine (SW-Yellow)
• USA, Connecticut, Middlesex County, Portland, Collins Hill, Strickland pegmatite (SW-Yellow)
• USA, North Carolina, Spruce Pine Mining District (SW-Yellow)
• USA, New Mexico, Taos County, Picuris District, Harding Mine (SW-Yellow)
• USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, White Picacho Mining District, Independence Gulch, Midnight Owl Mine (SW-Yellow)
• USA, California, San Diego County, Mesa Grande Mining District, Gem Hill, Himalaya Mine (SW-Yellow)
• USA, Colorado, Fremont County, Royal Gorge (SW-Yellow)
• Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Roundu District, Haramosh Mts. (SW-Yellow)
• Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Nagar District (SW-Yellow)
• Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Roundu District, Shengus (SW-Yellow)
• Brazil, Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul pegmatite district, Medina pegmatite field (SW-Yellow)
• Brazil, Minas Gerais, Virgem da Lapa, Toca da Onça pegmatite (SW-Yellow)
• USA, Maine, Oxford County, Greenwood, Noyes Mountain Quarry (SW-Yellow)
• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Franklin, Franklin Mine (SW-Orange)
• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Sparta Township, Edison Mine (FL-Yellow)
• Spain, Murcia, Jumilla (SW-Pink)
• Brazil, Minas Gerais, Nova Lima, Morro Velho mine (LW-Blue, SW-Pink)
• Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Panasqueira Mines (LW-Blue, SW-Pink, SW-Yellow)
• Bolivia, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro City, San José Mine (LW-Blue, LW-Orange, SW-Orange, SW-Pink)
• Germany, Saxony, Erzgebirgskreis, Ehrenfriedersdorf (FL-Blue, FL-Orange, FL-Pink)
• USA, Colorado, Eagle County, Gilman Mining District, Gilman, Eagle Mine (FL-Blue, FL-Orange, FL-Pink)
• Canada, Québec, Montérégie, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Mont Saint-Hilaire (LW-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Pink)
• Russia, Murmansk Oblast, Lovozero Massif (LW-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Pink)
• Russia, Murmansk Oblast, Khibiny Massif (LW-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Pink)
• Canada, Ontario, Leeds and Grenville Counties (LW-Blue)
• Canada, Québec, Outaouais, Pontiac RCM, Otter Lake (LW-Blue)
• USA, New York, St. Lawrence County, Fine (FL-White)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Crystal Faces of Fluorescence." Rocks & Minerals, 71(1):57-60, 1996. 10.1080/00357529.1996.11761538

• Germany, Saxony, Erzgebirgskreis, Ehrenfriedersdorf (FL-Orange)
• Bolivia, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro City, San José Mine (LW-Blue, LW-Orange, SW-Orange, SW-Pink)
• USA, Colorado, Eagle County, Gilman Mining District, Gilman, Eagle Mine (FL-Blue, FL-Orange, FL-Pink)
• Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Panasqueira Mines (FL-Blue, FL-Pink)

Woodrow B. Thompson, Alexander U. Falster, Thomas J, Mortimer. "The Keyes Mica Mines, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire." Rocks & Minerals, 97(4):302-328, 2022. 10.1080/00357529.2022.2053622

• USA, New Hampshire, Grafton County, Orange, Keyes Mica Quarries (SW-Yellow)

Dan Holtstam. "Langban: the mines, theis minerals, geology and explorers." Excalibur Mineral Company, 1999. ISBN: 9789187214882

• Sweden, Värmland County, Filipstad, Långban Ore District, Långban Mine (SW-Blue, SW-Yellow)