Apatite
Origin: Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.6 x 3 cm
Origin: Huanza Tal, Gilgit District, Pakistan
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Origin: Liscombe , Wilberforce (near Bancroft) Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 8.8 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Sample size: 5.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm
Origin: Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1.6 x 1.2 x 1 cm
Origin: Pack Rat Mine, McCain Valley, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
This specimen is of
quartz is
covered with pale pink apatite. The rock seems to have pseudomorphs of apatite
after
siderite (?) but I am not at all certain. The habit is quite unusual
regardless.
Origin: Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
Ex. Frank Edwards Collection
Sample size: 8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
Apatite with
albite (right photos under UV light)
Origin: La Marina Mine, Pauna, Boyaca, Colombia, South America
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.7 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 3.3 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co
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