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Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

 
Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz from Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 77981
Mineral:Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit crystals) with Cookeite on Quartz
Locality:Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)
Description:Thin colorless fluorapatite crystals to 6 mm on quartz crystals to 3 mm with tan-colored cookeite microcrystals. The fluorapatite crystals are tabular hexagonal form with beveled edges — this habit of crystals is known as Hebron Habit. Collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:30x30x21 mm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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