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Bertrandite with Fluorapatite from Waisenen Mine, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Bertrandite with Fluorapatite from Waisenen Mine, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 23459
Mineral:Bertrandite with Fluorapatite
Locality:Waisenen Mine, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Thin plates of colorless quartz crystals with a mixture of purple apatite crystals and colorless bertrandite crystals (rare!) grown between the quartz plates. Looks beautiful under magnification. The find was described in J. Perham's book. Ex. Frank Perham discovery in 1963
Overall Size:20x17x14 mm
Crystals:1-2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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