| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Fluorapatite with Bertrandite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63996 |
| Mineral: | Fluorapatite with Bertrandite |
| Locality: | Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent purple-to-gray fluorapatite crystals to 7 mm on bladed translucent white to limonite-stained brown bertrandite crystals to 2 mm. Purple fluorapatite crystals are uncommon, and rarely found in current mining. Collected ca. 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 28x22x20 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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