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

Search
 

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

   

Fluorapatite on Albite from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite on Albite from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 56099
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite
Locality:Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Doubly-terminated tabular dark-green fluorapatite crystal with lustrous faces on platy white albite. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection #103, collected in the 1960s-70s.
Overall Size:17x16x15 mm
Crystals:17 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. ;