Fluorapatite, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite

Specimen ID: LX4-A2W

Mineral(s)
Fluorapatite : Ca5(PO4)3F
Arsenopyrite : FeAsS
Muscovite : KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Locality
As recorded:
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de S
Dimensions
74mm x 55mm x 26mm
Description
Single Fluorapatite crystal with a thin tabular shape and with a very well defined concentric color zoning. On a matrix of Arsenopyrite crystals with botryoidal Muscovite aggregates. At Panasqueira this kind of concentric growth, differentiated on the periphery and the central area, is well known as ?olho de boi? (ox eye), a particularity that is especially obvious on this sample.
Previous data
Mineral(s)
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