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Apatite var. Francolite

Apatite var. Francolite

at-auction

$ 120

Locality
Levant Section, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England
Dimensions
6.5 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm
Size class
Small Cabinet
SID
CT803

Old specimen with small hexagonal Apatite var. Francolite on matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. Comes with an old Sam Weller Minerals label that shows a date of 1987, and it was likely found much earlier than that as mining began here in the late 1700s.