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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 79654
Mineral:Fluorapatite on Albite with Hyalite Opal
Locality:pegmatite prospect near Weymouth Pond, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Small translucent green fluorapatite crystals to 1 mm on beige albite with colorless hyalite opal. Collected October 2020. Under SW UV illumination the hyalite fluoresces green, the fluorapatite fluoresces orange.
Overall Size:20x13x12 mm
Crystals:micro to 1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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