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Description: Apatite-(CaF) Locality: Crystal Lode pegmatite, Fulford District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.7 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm. At the 2008 Denver Show, a dealer showed up with a small batch of golden apatites from a new find in Colorado. New finds of gem crystals in Colorado are rare. This is a fat, chunky crystal, translucent-to-transparent (this is the top transparency for the find), with a glassy hexagonal termination. Weighs 36 grams.
Title: Apatite-(CaF)-219244
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