Long description of "Orchid" fluorapatite: "Pinkish-fluorescing fluorapatite with andradite.
(The fluorescence is probably a mixture of orange Fl from Mn and violet-blue Fl from REE) Collected in the late 1990s off
Cork Hill Rd.,on the Franklin Highway Dept. yard, from mine dump fill." (sample and description from Dick Bostwick) |