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Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 76068
Mineral:Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite
Locality:Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine
Description:Large medium-purple fluorapatite crystal with minor white albite and colorless quartz crystals around the perimeter where the fluorapatite crystal was attached. The fluorapatite crystal is tabular (thin) hexagonal form with transparent internal areas.
Overall Size:15x12x7 mm
Crystals:13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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