gem FLUORAPATITE, SIDERITE, MUSCOVITE


Specimen: #11636
Locality: Panasqueira Mine (Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira), Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Size: 35mm x 19mm x 18mm
Size description: Miniature
Shipping: USA 8.60, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 12.80, China via UPS 29.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Nice specimen of glassy Fluorapatite crystals from the famous Panasqueira mine. Displays tabular crystals to 6mm with light olive-green color and vitreous luster. They are hexagons, transparent and gem. Some cream-yellow Siderites grow on the Fluorapatite crystals and underline them nicely. Muscovite forms the base. For references see the 2014 issue of The Mineralogical Record vol. 45, # 1. In very good condition – some small nicks and contacts. On acrylic base.

Perfect Fluorapatite!



gem FLUORAPATITE, SIDERITE, MUSCOVITE

gem FLUORAPATITE, SIDERITE, MUSCOVITE

gem FLUORAPATITE, SIDERITE, MUSCOVITE

gem FLUORAPATITE, SIDERITE, MUSCOVITE