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Fluorapatite (excellent) - old classic
- Barroca Grande Mine, Panasqueira, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
- Miniature, 3.2 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
- Start Time: 03/14/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/20/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An adorable miniature of intergrown, gemmy, lustrous, tabular, textbook hexagonal, green fluorapatite crystals nicely accented with muscovite on one side. Pristine. Nifty ghostly yellow fluorescence. A pristine, 360-degree cutie. Classic, very fine fluorapatite from this renowned locale, featured in an excellent article of a recent Mineralogical Record issue. Valued at $500.