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Fluorapatite on Quartz from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Fluorapatite on Quartz from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Fluorapatite on Quartz from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 68238
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Quartz
Locality:Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous 9 mm tabular translucent purple fluorapatite crystal on slender transparent colorless quartz crystals to 7 mm, with translucent gray cookeite crystals in spherical aggregates to 0.5 mm diameter. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s.
Overall Size:15x10x8 mm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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