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NA47AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Groups of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Quartz, very well defined Sphalerite crystals on the back, Chlorite coatings and leafy aggregates of Muscovite. This piece, completely different from those known so far 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 Region Portugal (02/2020)
Specimen size: 9 × 8.1 × 6.1 cm = 3.54” × 3.19” × 2.40”
Main crystal size: 3 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.31”
Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
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