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Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite, Hyalite Opal from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite, Hyalite Opal from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite, Hyalite Opal from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite, Hyalite Opal from pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 79651
Mineral:Quartz and Albite with Fluorapatite, Hyalite Opal
Locality:pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Gray quartz and beige albite with scattered translucent green fluorapatite crystals to 2 mm and colorless hyalite opal. Under SW UV illumination the hyalite fluoresces green, the fluorapatite fluoresces orange. Collected October 2020
Overall Size:3.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro
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