Fluorapatite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Fluorapatite [ Ca₅(PO₄)₃F ]

Images of Fluorapatite

Photograph of a specimen of fluorapatite from Gilgit, Pakistan. Size: 6cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Photograph of a crystal of fluorapatite from Gilgit, Pakistan.

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

SXES spectrum of Apatite-(F)

Rose cushion fluorapatite specimen from Madagascar

Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of fluorapatite (yellow PL) from Gilgit, Pakistan. Size: 6cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a crystal of fluorapatite (yellow PL) from Gilgit, Pakistan. Size: 6cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

CL spectrum of Fluorapatite [Ca5(PO4)3F]

(C) 2023 CSIRO Mineral Resources

Material properties

Formulas	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F, (Ca,Sr)₅(PO₄)₃F
Abbreviation	Fap
Variant	Sr rich
Classifications	Apatite, Minerals containing PO4
Luminescence emitters	Mn, MnO4, Pr, Sm
Spectra	Luminescence (1), SXES (1)
IMA Status	Approved/renamed (IMA 2010 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Mineral, Phosphate , Orthophosphate

Composition

Element	Atoms
O	12
F	1
P	3
Ca	5
Total:	21

References for Fluorapatite

CSIRO SXES database

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CSIRO R-2023-03 Bangladesh

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Czaja et al. 2010

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Gorobets and Rogojine 2002

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Marshall 1988

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Specimens of Fluorapatite

Name	Owner	Materials	Image	Spectra	Techniques
Ca5(PO4)3F Hyper1-39 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Fluorapatite	Ca5(PO4)3F Hyper1-39 Fluorapatite BSE image of Fluorapatite [Ca5(PO4)3F] in 'Ca5(PO4)3F Hyper1-39 Fluorapatite' standard (CSIRO) from Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES
M0973 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite, Fluorapatite	M0973 Fluorapatite Image of Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite and Fluorapatite in specimen 'M0973 Fluorapatite' [CSIRO], from Burgess County, Ontario, Canada. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M1598 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite, Fluorapatite	M1598 Fluorapatite Image of Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite and Fluorapatite in specimen 'M1598 Fluorapatite' [CSIRO], from Perth (near), Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
M2132 Montebrasite	CSIRO	Amblygonite, Fluorapatite, Montebrasite	M2132 Montebrasite Image of Amblygonite, Fluorapatite and Montebrasite in specimen 'M2132 Montebrasite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
MT8249 Montebrasite	CSIRO	Amblygonite, Fluorapatite, Montebrasite	MT8249 Montebrasite Image of Amblygonite, Fluorapatite and Montebrasite in specimen 'MT8249 Montebrasite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
S-18-001 Monazite	CSIRO	Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite, REE, Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon		3	CL
S-22-010 Mnz	CSIRO	Fluorapatite, Iron(I) phosphide, Monazite-(Ce)		1	CL