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Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite with Bertrandite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:	No. 76069
Mineral:	Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite with Bertrandite
Locality:	Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:	Lustrous translucent purple fluorapatite crystals to 5 mm intermixed with platy pale-yellow bertrandite crystals to 1 mm on quartz-albite. The fluorapatite crystals are thin, tabular hexagonal form and vary from transparent to translucent. Collected by Ray Sprague
Overall Size:	3.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:	micro to 5 mm
Status:	Sold - Posted here for reference only
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