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Fluorapatite on Albite from Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite on Albite from Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Albite from Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Albite from Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite from Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite from Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 80586
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite
Locality:Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous translucent green fluorapatite crystals to 20 mm intermixed with lustrous platy translucent white albite crystals to 3 mm and silvery muscovite mica crystals to 5 mm. The fluorapatite crystals are hexagonal form with basal pinacoid terminations. The fluorapatite crystals fluoresce yellow-orange under UV illumination. Ex. Miller #M1425
Overall Size:4x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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