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Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite on Muscovite from Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 64006
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Locality:Medina, Fazenda Campo Lindo, Jequitinhonha River Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Large 30 mm lustrous transparent yellow fluorapatite crystal with complex termination embedded in platy muscovite mica crystals to 5 mm. The fluorapatite crystal fluoresces yellow-orange under SW UV illumination. The bottom end it also terminated.
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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