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Fluorapatite and Albite from Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite and Albite from Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite and Albite from Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite and Albite from Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite and Albite from Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite and Albite from Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 52478
Mineral:Fluorapatite and Albite
Locality:Lavra da Golconda, Near Governor Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Complex cluster of intermixed lustrous hexagonal greenish to colorless fluorapatite crystals to 12 mm with platy white albite crystals to 2 mm. The fluorapatite crystals are transparent and fluoresce yellow under UV illumination.
Overall Size:4x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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