Apatite

  
 
  
Blue apatite on herderite pseudomorph after microcline
Origin: Campina Grande, Paraiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 10 x 7.6 x 4.3 cm (top/2nd row), 11 x 6 x 3.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Ex. Joe Polityka collection
Sample size: 3.3 x 2 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Joe Polityka collection
Sample size: 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Apatite with fan shaped group of bladed siderite
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Ex. Joe Polityka collection
Sample size: 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Origin: Mogok, Burma
Ex. William Larson collection
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
 
  
Origin: Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Maine, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.7 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 3.9 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
 
     
Origin: Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.
Ex. Charlie Freed collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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