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Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite from Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 76307
Mineral:Fluorapatite var. Purple Apatite
Locality:Pulsifer Quarry, Mount Apatite, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent deep-purple fluorapatite crystal with no matrix attached. The fluorapatite crystal is stubby hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid termination modified by secondary first- and second-order 0yramidal edge faces. Collected in 1966 by Terry Szenics
Overall Size:9x9x8 mm
Crystals:9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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