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Fluorapatite on Calcite from Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia

 
Fluorapatite on Calcite from Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia

Fluorapatite on Calcite from Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia

Fluorapatite on Calcite from Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 40224
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Calcite
Locality:Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia
Description:Doubly-terminated transparent blue-green apatite crystal 48 mm long on matrix of translucent yellow calcite crystals. The apatite crystal has rounded, lustrous faces that look like it melted (typical of apatite).
Overall Size:8.5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:2-48 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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