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Fluorapatite from Mount Mica, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78073
Mineral:	Fluorapatite
Locality:	Mount Mica, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Description:	Large cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent fluorapatite crystals fully crystallized all around except for the attachment point on the bottom. Most of the fluorapatite crystals are gray to colorless, but several gemmy fluorapatites are green. The fluorapatite fluoresces mildly under LW-SW UV illumination. Collected in Pocket 1, in 2012
Overall Size:	12.5x7x6 cm
Crystals:	15-35 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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