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Fluorapatite from Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina

 
Fluorapatite from Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Fluorapatite from Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina

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
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