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Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 82286
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite with Muscovite
Locality:Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous translucent greenish-gray fluorapatite crystal in a cavity in albite with two platy muscovite crystals. The fluorapatite crystal is hexagonal form, with flat basal pinacoid termination, modified by pyramidal edge faces. Fluoresces yellow under LW-SW UV illumination. Ex. Miller collection T270; ex. Betts #70431; collected in 2002
Overall Size:22x18x13 mm
Crystals:8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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