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Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 70816
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Quartz
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous 2.8 mm hexagonal translucent purple fluorapatite crystal in a cavity lined with transparent-to-translucent colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm. The fluorapatite crystal has deepest color in a central zone, with pale terminations. From my personal collection #722; collected in 1994
Overall Size:4x4x3 cm
Crystals:2.8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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