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Fluorapatite with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Fluorapatite with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Fluorapatite with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Fluorapatite with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Fluorapatite with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions from Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 78440
Mineral:Fluorapatite with Actinolite var. Byssolite inclusions
Locality:Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Classic from the alpine-type formation at Cornog: a large (for this species) 20 mm lustrous transparent colorless fluorapatite crystal with hair-like lustrous transparent green byssolite (the hair-like variety of the mineral actinolite) inclusions. Ex. Ray Strohmeier collection
Overall Size:20x13x6 mm
Crystals:3-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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