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Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 80283
Mineral:Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite
Locality:pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Double-sided mass of intersecting beige-colored albite crystals to 20 mm with two translucent green-gray fluorapatite crystals to 3.5 mm and late overgrowth of colorless quartz microcrystals. The fluorapatite fluoresce yellow under SW UV illumination. Collected October 2020
Overall Size:8x5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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