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Fluorapatite, Quartz, Albite from Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite, Quartz, Albite from Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite, Quartz, Albite from Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite, Quartz, Albite from Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 81414
Mineral:Fluorapatite, Quartz, Albite
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Translucent white albite crystals to 2 mm interlayered with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm with platy albite (var. cleavelandite) crystals to 5 mm. Nestled in one of the cavities is a lustrous 2 mm purple fluorapatite crystal. Ex. S. Kelland collection; originally acquired from Jerry Behnke (1946-2013)
Overall Size:10x4.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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