Fluorapatite with Quartz, Siderite

specimen number:
5002948

location:
Level 3, Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal

description:
Lustrous translucent light green tabular crystals of fluorapatite measuring to 1.0 cm size across the top of this matrix with siderite and crystals of quartz. Collected in 2002, this is in good condition as seen. The matrix consists mostly of crystallized muscovite. The fluorapatite crystals are brightly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light.

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