Apatite

  

  

This is a ball of so-called phosphorite (impure, massive apatite with pyrite veins) from Germany that has been sliced in half and polished to show the veins of shiny-metallic golden pyrite that form a web through the interior.

Origin: Mechlenberg, Germany

Sample size: 8.8 x 7.9 x 3.4 cm

 

  

  

Apatite in quartz matrix

Origin: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 6.5 x 5.4 x 5.0 cm

 

  

Apatite on quartz

Origin: Schlaggenwald, Erzgebirge, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Sample size: 6.0 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone