ARSENOPYRITE AND APATITE On a floating muscovite and siderite plate - Height: 5.7 cm - Width: 4.5 cm- 50 g - (1)

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Arsenopyrite and apatite on a floating muscovite and siderite plate from Panasqueira Mines, Portugal, measuring 5.7 cm high by 4.5 cm wide and 1.4 cm deep with a 50 g weight.

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A forest green apatite floater plate with siderite that was bought at the mine around the late 90s. This piece features a plate of mica with a siderite backing on which are set sharp apatite crystals with a gemmy zoned interior and excellent glassy luster that can't be compared to what is seen in the average pieces the mine produces nowadays. This piece comes from the classic Portuguese deposit of Panasqueira, a mine developed to exploit a series of tabular veins of Sn–W mineralization that have produced some of the finest sulfide and fluorapatite specimens in the world and definitely from Europe.

A forest green apatite floater plate with siderite that was bought at the mine around the late 90s. This piece features a plate of mica with a siderite backing on which are set sharp apatite crystals with a gemmy zoned interior and excellent glassy luster that can't be compared to what is seen in the average pieces the mine produces nowadays. This piece comes from the classic Portuguese deposit of Panasqueira, a mine developed to exploit a series of tabular veins of Sn–W mineralization that have produced some of the finest sulfide and fluorapatite specimens in the world and definitely from Europe.

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Number of items
1
Main Mineral
ARSENOPYRITE AND APATITE
Mineral Form
On a floating muscovite and siderite plate
Supplement
no
Weight
50 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Panasqueira Mines
Country of Origin
Portugal
Height
5.7 cm
Width
4.5 cm
Depth
1.4 cm
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