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Fluorapatite in Albite with Muscovite from Hayes Ledge, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 79641
Mineral:	Fluorapatite in Albite with Muscovite
Locality:	Hayes Ledge, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:	Large (for this location) doubly terminated translucent green fluorapatite crystal in platy white albite and silvery muscovite with a smaller fluorapatite crystal on site. The fluorapatite crystal is hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected by J. Morse. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange under SW UV illumination
Overall Size:	6x4x4 cm
Crystals:	8-14 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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