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SC403 - Manganapatite


Locality: Ham and Weeks Mine (Weeks Feldspar Quarry; Ham-Weeks pegmatite), Wakefield, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA (MINDAT)
Size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature (3-6 cm)
Weight: 33.8 g
minID: 74V-JCR

A solid little piece of manganapatite, a manganese(II)-rich variety of fluorapatite. Nice yellow fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Photo in normal light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light (254nm Hg light).
Fluorescence spectrum under 275nm UVC LED excitation.
Last update: 02 September 2021