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NE46AL5: 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 Quartz crystal, partially covered by Chlorite and small crystals of Calcite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (02/2020)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.02” × 0.59”
Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.28”
Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
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