Apatite

  

Apatite on quartz

Origin: Laghman, Afghanistan

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm

 

  

This specimen of albite hosts numerous crystals of rich violet coloured apatite to 1.5 cm across.

Origin: Dara Paich, Kunnar Prov., Afghanistan

Sample size: 6.1 x 4 x 2.8 cm

 

Apatite with muscovite

Origin: Pech, Kunnar Prov., Afghanistan

Sample size: 11.5 x 10 x 8.9 cm

 

  

Origin: Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Sample size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm

 

  

  

This specimen of feldspar and quartz has an unusual string of apatite crystals to 0.6 cm across. The apatite string is itself 3 cm in length. There are several terminated quartz crystals to 1.8 cm in length.

Origin: Megiligger Rocks, Tremearne, Breage, Cornwall, England

Sample size: 6.4 x 4 x 3 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

Trinityminerals.com

 

  

Apatite on muscovite

Origin: Shengus, Gilgit - Skardu Road, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 4 x 4.5 x 3 cm

 

Mangan-apatite

Origin: Harvary quarry, Maine, United States
Erling Collection

Sample size: thumbnail

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Sludyanka, Lake Baikal Region, Western Siberia, Russia

Sample size: 3.5-4 cm

 

  

Origin: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 5 x 6.5 x 8 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  

Origin: Otjua Mine, Karabib, Namibia

Ex. M. Zinn collection

Sample size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm

 

  

  

Lustrous and gemmy, yellow-green apatite crystals 2.5 cm set in nicely contrasting white quartz matrix. A few martite crystals, a hematite pseudomorph after magnetite, are scattered on the specimen.

Origin: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Dgo., Mexico

Ex. Marty Zinn collection

Sample size: 6.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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