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Fluorapatite in Pyrrhotite from Philips Mine, Philipstown, Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York

 
Fluorapatite in Pyrrhotite from Philips Mine, Philipstown, Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York

Fluorapatite in Pyrrhotite from Philips Mine, Philipstown, Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York

Fluorapatite in Pyrrhotite from Philips Mine, Philipstown, Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 71607
Mineral:Fluorapatite in Pyrrhotite
Locality:Philips Mine, Philipstown, Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York
Description:Naturally rounded greenish-brown fluorapatite crystal in limonite-stained metallic pyrrhotite. An adjacent fluorapatite crystal is missing, leaving an impression that shows it had a hollow core. From my private collection; collected July 1997. See my article: Anthony's Nose, New York -- Three Mineral Localities
Overall Size:25x20x15 mm
Crystals:7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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