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Fluorapatite on Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

 
Fluorapatite on Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 62422
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Quartz
Locality:Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow fluorapatite crystal perched on gray quartz chalcedony. The fluorapatite crystal is prismatic hexagonal form with six-sided pyramidal terminations. Red limonite has penetrated surface fractures on one face of the crystal.
Overall Size:33x25x20 mm
Crystals:22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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