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Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 81475
Mineral:Quartz, Cookeite and Fluorapatite var. Manganapatite
Locality:Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous translucent brown cookeite microcrystals in rosettes to 1 mm, with colorless quartz crystals to 14 mm, on white albite with translucent dark green-black manganapatite crystals, the manganese-rich variety of the mineral fluorapatite, to 7 mm. Collected ca. 1998
Overall Size:5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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