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NP14AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals with a pale yellow to violet color, with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas and small Chlorite coatings. 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: 3.2 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”
Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
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