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Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

 
Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite from St. Austell District, Cornwall, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 76712
Mineral:Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Dufrénite, Muscovite
Locality:St. Austell District, Cornwall, England
Description:Lustrous transparent green-gray hexagonal fluorapatite crystals to 4 mm with translucent white orthoclase crystals to 1 mm, dark green dufrénite crystals in hemispherical rosettes to 0.6 mm, over translucent yellow platy muscovite crystals to 0.4 mm The fluorapatite crystals fluoresce yellow under LW-SW UV illumination
Overall Size:4x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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