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Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

 
Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite in Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 61485
Mineral:Fluorapatite in Quartz
Locality:Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
Description:Many large lustrous transparent yellow fluorapatite crystals embedded in gray quartz chalcedony. The fluorapatite crystals are prismatic hexagonal form with six-sided pyramidal terminations. Areas of the chalcedony fluoresce green under SW UV.
Overall Size:9.5x5x5 cm
Crystals:10-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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