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Doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystal, with very well defined faces and edges and with a distinct geometric color zoning, popularly known in Panasqueira as “olho de boi” (ox's eye)

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[Jordi Fabre]

[Jordi Fabre]

Parallel aggregates of Hübnerite on a matrix of Quartz crystals and with coatings of small white Fluorite crystals. A rare paragenesis.

[Jordi Fabre]

Sharp octahedral Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite crystals on Azurite crystals. A French classic.

[Jordi Fabre]

Two rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with polycrystalline growths. Implanted on a doubly terminated Quartz crystal and covered by small elongated and brilliant Arsenopyrite crystals.

[Jordi Fabre]

Groups of flat prismatic Bertrandite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, which contrast with the smoky tones of the group of Quartz crystals, partially covered by small Pyrite crystals.
An example of a rare species from a currently extinct locality.

[Jordi Fabre]

Druse of Fluorite crystals with a honey color with intense yellow reflections. This specimen comes from one of the great classical German localities for the species.

[Tobi]

[Jordi Fabre]

[Jordi Fabre]

Ludlamite crystals with parallel growths, well-defined faces and edges, and with spheroidal Siderite.

[Jordi Fabre]

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with very rich with terminal faces and on matrix with Albite, Schorl and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.

[Jordi Fabre]

Group of large Chalcopyrite crystals on matrix with the typical curvatures seen in Panasqueira specimens. With Arsenopyrite crystals and small coatings of lenticular Siderite crystals. The Chalcopyrite is a species that in Panasqueira does not usually yield very good specimens.

[Jordi Fabre]

Group of lamellar Gold crystals with curvatures and on a Quartz matrix.
Collected between 1950 and 1960

[Jordi Fabre]

Thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals with a concentric color zoning, a kind of growth that at Panasqueira is well-known as 'olho de boi' (ox eye).
The Fluorapatite crystals are on matrix with crystals of Arsenopyrite, pale brown lenticular Siderite, Muscovite and Marcasite and they are fluorescent under both UV light.