AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from North Carolina > Fluorapatite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 19984 |
Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
Description: | Plate of quartz overgrown with pale-purple apatite crystals up to 7 mm and overgrowth of colorless fairfieldite(?) crystals up to 1 mm. See article: The Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, North Carolina in Rocks and Minerals March-April 1985 |
Overall Size: | 5x3.5x1 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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