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Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite from São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 64183
Mineral:Fluorapatite
Locality:São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent pale-gray fluorapatite crystals that formed in a flat-faced formation, probably caused by growing against the face of a larger crystal. The fluorapatite crystals fluoresce orange-white under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:6x3x3 cm
Crystals:2-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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