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Fluorapatite on Albite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite on Albite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Albite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 75050
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite
Locality:Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous doubly-terminated transparent gray fluorapatite crystal with white albite included on the bottom where it was attached. The fluorapatite crystal is tabular hexagonal form with secondary edge faces. Collected ca. 1980. Fluoresces bright- under 365 nm LW UV illumination and pink under 254 nm SW UV illumination
Overall Size:32x28x23 mm
Crystals:28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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