FLUORAPATITE, PYRITE, QUARTZ

This specimen shows a parallel growth of several hyaline quartz crystals, with developed prisms and complex terminal rhombohedral faces. They are dotted with numerous globular aggregates of brilliant pyrite. A group of fluorapatite crystals stands out, one of them predominant, with the prism faces striated and a slightly more intense violet tone in the central part of them. A different and aesthetic piece. The main crystal: 2,6 x 0,7 x 0,7 cm.

ORIGIN: PANASQUEIRA MINES, VILLAGE OF SÃO FRANCISCO DE ASSIS, COVILHÃ, CASTELO BRANCO, COVA DA BEIRA, PORTUGAL

DIMENSIONS: 3,6x2,9x6,9