Apatite

  
Apatite on sphalerite with pyrite
Origin: Shanhu, Hezhou (Babu) area, Guangxi Zhuang region, China
Sample size: 6.8 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
 
  
Origin: Acari, near Nazca, Arequipa Dept., Peru
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 14 x 13 x 21 mm
 
  
Dark greenish near botryoidal coatings of apaptite partly covering the matrix.
Origin: Norway
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 9.3 x 3.2 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Apatite on muscovite
Origin: Pingwu, Sichuan Prov., China
Sample size: 6.2 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
 
  
Apatite with quartz
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Sample size: 5.1 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
 
     
Origin: Dassu, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
 
  
Apatite with aegirine
Origin: Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 2.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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