Fluorapatite with Siderite

specimen number:
5005469

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

description:
From 1998, a cluster of green lustrous tabular fluorapatite crystals without matrix. Small crystals of siderite are scattered across the backside of the cluster. This is in good condition, what appears maybe to be damage is naturally crystallized. Brightly fluorescent yellow under longwave ultraviolet light.

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