Fluorapatite with Fluorite, Ferberite, Quartz, Pyrite
specimen number:
5004410
location:
level 0, Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
description:
Thick white opaque crystals of fluorapatite measuring to 2.5 cm in size set nicely up on matrix with fluorite, ferberite, quartz, and pyrite. Collected in 2014. In good condition as seen. The fluorapatite crystals are vividly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light.
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