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Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 55421
Mineral:Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite
Locality:Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Tabular hexagonal crystal of translucent pink fluorapatite with complex crystallization patterns on the faces and remnants of muscovite-albite matrix on one face. The fluorapatite fluoresces bright yellow under UV illumination.
Overall Size:32x27x25 mm
Crystals:32 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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