AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Fluorapatite and Quartz on Albite

Search
 

Online Mineral Museum Archive of Mineral Photographs and Mineral Descriptions from John Betts - Fine Minerals.com and Allminerals.com

   

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 52661
Mineral:Fluorapatite and Quartz on Albite
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Rich specimen of many lustrous translucent purple fluorapatite crystals to 4 mm coating two faces of white albite with minor colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm. The fluorapatite crystals are tabular hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. From my personal collection
Overall Size:3.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved

The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;