“A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal, with small Chlorite coatings and leafy aggregates of Muscovite . This piece, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal
Found in: 02/2020
Specimen size: 4 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.24”
Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Reference: NG76AL5”
Jordi Fabre - 24th February 2023