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Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 57268
Mineral:Fluorapatite with Muscovite and Albite
Locality:Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Doubly-terminated lustrous hexagonal translucent blue-gray fluorapatite crystals to 33 mm with platy transparent yellow muscovite mica crystals to 2 mm and white albite on the rear. The fluorapatite crystals fluoresce under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-33 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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