Mineral: Fluorapatite (Apatite Group)
Locality: Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Dimensions: 5.9 X 7.6, crystal is 1.5 cm

Description: A compound glassy prismatic pink fluorapatite crystal with a pinacoid termination and modified beveled edges set on a matrix of silver muscovite. The crystal shows an intense yellow fluorescence under SW UV.

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