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Fluorapatite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 46880
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Large (for this locality) translucent purple fluorapatite crystal in white albite matrix. The fluorapatite crystal is complex hexagonal form and formed in a very small cavity, barely larger than the apatite crystal, resulting in two edges have contacts. Ex. Joe Cilen (1916-1997) #20352
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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