Muscovite with Fluorapatite

specimen number:
2063800

location:
Ze Pinto claim, Aldeia, Cuparaque, Minas Gerais, Brazil

description:
An attractive grouping of bronze lustrous muscovite crystals, the largest measuring 5.3 cm across, in a cluster without matrix. There are many deep green lustrous small crystals of fluorapatite scattered throughout. This is in good condition all around. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

The Ze Pinto claim, located near Aldeia in the Cuparaque municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a world-famous granitic pegmatite locality renowned among collectors for its extraordinary phosphate mineral specimens. Situated within the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province, this field deposit formed through late-stage magmatic differentiation and complex hydrothermal activity, creating ideal conditions for the crystallization of rare secondary and primary phosphates. While small-scale prospectors mined the claim primarily for mineral specimens rather than industrial ore, it gained international fame for producing some of the finest fluorapatite specimens ever recovered. Fluorapatite from the Ze Pinto claim is especially prized for its sharp, lustrous hexagonal prismatic crystals that often display striking violet, purple, or deep green coloration, frequently perched on shiny albite matrix.

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