Apatite

Origin: Gischi glazier, Binntal, Switzerland
Picture height: 3mm
Sample owner: F.C.A. de Wit
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Pieter Stemvers, Leusden, Netherlands

email: stemvers@hetnet.nl

 

Green crystalline 5 mm large apatite in quartz matrix; analysed material
Origin: Horni slavkov, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Sample size: 2 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
 
  
  
Chlorapatite with hornblende
Origin: Oxärekollen, Snarum, Buskerud, Norway
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm (top), 6.1 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
  
Chlorapatite with chlorite
Origin: Kurokura, Kanagawa Pref., Honshu Island, Japan
Ex. Carl Davis collection
Sample size: 2.2 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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