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Fluorapatite on Albite from Palermo Mine, North Groton Pegmatite District, Grafton County, New Hampshire

 
Fluorapatite on Albite from Palermo Mine, North Groton Pegmatite District, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Fluorapatite on Albite from Palermo Mine, North Groton Pegmatite District, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Fluorapatite on Albite from Palermo Mine, North Groton Pegmatite District, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Fluorapatite on Albite from Palermo Mine, North Groton Pegmatite District, Grafton County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 64876
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite
Locality:Palermo Mine, North Groton Pegmatite District, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Description:Lustrous translucent blue-gray fluorapatite crystal in a shallow cavity in white albite, variety cleavelandite. The fluorapatite crystal is hexagonal prismatic form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected May 1993 on NYMC field trip
Overall Size:4.5x4x4 cm
Crystals:9 mm
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