Fluorapatite with Albite, Quartz

specimen number:
1052016

location:
Riedertobel, Ried, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

description:
Colorless lustrous gemmy tabular crystals of fluorapatite measuring to 0.9 cm in size on matrix with albite and quartz. Neat locality example for the species. Incredibly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light. The specimen comes with an antique label as shown at the end of the video, the piece dates to the very early 20th century.

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