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Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Albite, Hyalite Opal from Dassu, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 73441
Mineral:	Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Albite, Hyalite Opal
Locality:	Dassu, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:	Lustrous white albite crystals to 10 mm with silvery muscovite mica crystals to 35 mm plus a 17 mm translucent gray hexagonal prismatic fluorapatite crystal and patches of colorless hyalite opal (under SW UV: fluorapatite = yellow, opal = green). Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:	9x8x5 cm
Crystals:	5-35 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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