Fluorapatite with Tourmaline
specimen number:
5005630
location:
Golconda mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
description:
An attractive cluster of glassy partly gemmy deep purple red fluorapatite crystals with dark crystals of tourmaline. This is crystallized completely all around with no points of attachment and in great condition. The specimen is brightly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light. Collected in November, 2013.
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