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Fluorapatite with Bertrandite from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite with Bertrandite from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Bertrandite from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Bertrandite from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite with Bertrandite from Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 63998
Mineral:Fluorapatite with Bertrandite
Locality:Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent green-to-purple fluorapatite crystals to 6 mm intermixed with 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:4.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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