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Fluorapatite (purple) from Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

 
Fluorapatite (purple) from Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite (purple) from Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite (purple) from Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite (purple) from Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Fluorapatite (purple) from Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 81701
Mineral:Fluorapatite (purple)
Locality:Nevel Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Rich specimen of many lustrous transparent-to-translucent grayish-purple fluorapatite crystals almost completely coating one face of albite. The fluorapatite crystals are equant prisms with di-pyramidal terminations. Collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:7x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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