Fluorapatite with Muscovite from Panasqueira Mine, Barroca Grande, 21 km. west of Fundao, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76727
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite with Muscovite
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| Locality: | Panasqueira Mine, Barroca Grande, 21 km. west of Fundao, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| Description: | Complex cluster of many intersecting lustrous transparent green tabular fluorapatite crystals to 10 mm with platy gray-brown muscovite mica crystals to 0.5 mm. The fluorapatite crystals fluoresce yellow-orange under longwave and shortwave UV. |
| Overall Size: | 33x28x24 mm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-10.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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