| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Fluorapatite on Muscovite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63962 |
| Mineral: | Fluorapatite on Muscovite |
| Locality: | Lavra da Golconda, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Description: | Rich cluster of transparent deep-purple fluorapatite crystals to 11 mm on translucent green-gray muscovite crystals to 3 mm. The fluorapatite crystals are prismatic form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Some crystals have colorless zones. Collected ca. 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 7.5x4.5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-11 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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