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Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

 
Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorapatite from Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 82421
Mineral:Fluorapatite
Locality:Capoeira pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple fluorapatite crystals with remnants of tan-colored matrix on the bottom. The fluorapatite crystals fluoresce yellow-orange under longwave and shortwave ultraviolet illumination. Ex. Miller collection T1280
Overall Size:22x15x15 mm
Crystals:2-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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