Fluorapatite and Fluorite on Muscovite

Item Description

A pretty, layered, two-toned pink, glassy, gemmy to translucent, textbook hexagonal, 2.6 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm, Fluorapatite crystal is nicely complemented and contrasted by the adjacent 2.5 cm, translucent, pastel-green, complex Fluorite crystal with satin luster faces. The two pristine crystals are aesthetically set in the sculptural, blocky, large pegmatite matrix covered with jackstraw, pearlescent, muscovite plates. The well-known Chumar Bakhoor pegmatites are in the same area of Nagar. A colorful combination fluorescent, the Fluorapatite has rich yellow SW UV fluorescence and the Fluorite has bright purple LW UV fluorescence. From the collection of well-known Jack Halpern of San Francisco No. 2474. We recently obtained the remainder of his collection. Classic and showy combination material from the well-known Nagar District of Pakistan.