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Microcline with Fluorapatite from Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York

 
Microcline with Fluorapatite from Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York

Microcline with Fluorapatite from Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York

Microcline with Fluorapatite from Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Microcline with Fluorapatite from Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 44547
Mineral:Microcline with Fluorapatite
Locality:Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York
Description:Flesh-colored translucent microcline (tested by NYSM) crystals with lustrous crystal faces and well developed form. The microcline crystals entirely coated one face of greenish matrix and there is a single translucent yellow 6 mm apatite crystal. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:12x10x4 cm
Crystals:2-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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