Fluorapatite (fluorescent) on Feldspar (Trimingham Coll.)

Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Start Time: 03/30/2014 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/03/2014 6:37:15 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An impressive, 4.5 cm, lustrous, gray-green, fluorapatite crystal with textbook hexagonal form is dramatically perched atop a showy cluster of frosted, sparkly, feldspar crystals on this fine combination piece from an unknown pegmatite near Governador Valadares. A rare and excellent example of this varietal from the Bob Trimingham Collection. Modest yellow fluorescence.

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