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Fluorapatite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 41389
Mineral:Fluorapatite
Locality:Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous blue apatite crystals up to 4 mm long surrounded by many smaller pale-blue to colorless apatite crystals up to 1 mm. The entire face of the matrix is coated with apatite crystals.
Overall Size:5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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