Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz

Specimen ID: D8E-2UG

Title
Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz
Locality
As recorded:
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil
Dimensions
57mm x 49mm x 21mm
Description
Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer. Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010) Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.93” × 0.83” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
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Reference: ED6R4 Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer. Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010) Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.93” × 0.83” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
Jordi Fabre - 25th October 2021
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