Fluorite with Fluorapatite
specimen number:
4951128
location:
Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
description:
A light green mostly transparent semi lustrous cubic crystal of fluorite to 2.2 cm on edge, this set on matrix and hosting a colorless tabular crystal of fluorapatite 1.0 cm in size. Micro-cleaving present but sparse, this neat combination piece is in great condition. Under longwave ultraviolet light the fluorapatite is a brilliant orange, the fluorite a light blue to purple.
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