AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Fluorapatite with minor Bertrandite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 63995 |
Mineral: | Fluorapatite with minor Bertrandite |
Locality: | Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous transparent greenish-gray to purple fluorapatite crystals to 11 mm with a few bladed limonite-stained bertrandite crystals to 2 mm. Purple fluorapatite crystals are uncommon, and rarely found in current mining. Collected ca. 1980 |
Overall Size: | 28x20x18 mm |
Crystals: | 1-11 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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