AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite on columnar Muscovite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78345 |
Mineral: | Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite on columnar Muscovite |
Locality: | Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine |
Description: | Lustrous translucent purple fluorapatite crystals to 3.5 mm on tapering columnar silver-colored muscovite mica crystals to 15 mm. The fluorapatite crystals are thin, tabular hexagonal form and vary from transparent to translucent Collected ca. 2010 |
Overall Size: | 36x22x22 mm |
Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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