Apatite

  

  

Purple apatite with smoky quartz and muscovite

Origin: Gilgit, Skardu, Pakistan

Sample size: 7.3 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm

 

  

Origin: Panasquiera, Portugal

Sample size: 5.3 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm

 

  

 

  

  

Origin: Cerro Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 3.2 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (top), 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm (2nd/bottom row)

 

  

Origin: Sludyanka, Lake Baikal, Russia

Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection

Sample size: 9 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Shengus, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.5 x 5 cm

 

Origin: Greifensteinen near Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany

Sample size: 1.7 x 2.2 cm

 

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