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Fluorapatite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Fluorapatite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Fluorapatite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Fluorapatite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 64617
Mineral:Fluorapatite
Locality:Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Slender translucent gray-brown fluorapatite crystals in white coarsely-crystallized marble. The fluorapatite crystals are hexagonal form with three-faced shallow pyramidal terminations. Collected in September 1994.
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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