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Fluorapatite with Muscovite from Inna Nala, Fiqhar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Fluorapatite with Muscovite from Inna Nala, Fiqhar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorapatite with Muscovite from Inna Nala, Fiqhar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Fluorapatite with Muscovite from Inna Nala, Fiqhar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite with Muscovite from Inna Nala, Fiqhar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 41964
Mineral:Fluorapatite with Muscovite
Locality:Inna Nala, Fiqhar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Glassy translucent-to-transparent pink apatite crystals up to 17 mm long with silvery muscovite mica crystals up to 3 mm. The apatite crystals are prismatic hexagonal form with secondary edge faces and fluoresce bright yellow under UV illumination. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #263; acquired in 1994 from D. Blauwet
Overall Size:32x30x25 mm
Crystals:1-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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