Apatite

Platy hexagonal crystals to 0.6 mm showing 3 growth zones
Origin: Wheal Owles, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 
0.6 mm crystal
Origin: Shap Pink Quarry, Shap, Eastern Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 
1 mm crystal
Prismatic apatite crystals to 3 mm with black schorl
Origin: Meldon (British Rail) Quarry, Okehampton, Devon, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 
0.4 mm crystal with quartz
Origin: Bryn-yr-Afr Mine, Nant-y-Moch Reservoir, Trefeirig, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
 
  
Apatite on muscovite
Origin: Mt. Xuebaoding, near Ping Wu, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm
 
Origin: Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm
 
Origin: Sceptre Claims, Emerald Lake, Yukon, Canada
Sample size: 1.7 x 1.3 x 1 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Mt. Apatite (predating the Pulsifer Quarry!!), Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine
ex. Albert Petereit, Gage, Robert Linck Collections
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.75 x 3 cm
 
  
  
Apatite with siderite
  
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Sample size: 9.2 x 7.4 x 6.9 cm (top/2nd row), 5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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