Fluorapatite

  
Origin: King Lithia mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States
Ex. Grenier collection
Sample size: 8 x 4 x 5 cm
 
  
Purple, hexagonal crystal to 9 mm, terminated and situated  aside a milky quartz crystal.
Origin: Hugo mine, Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States
Ex. Grenier Collection
Sample size: 5 x 2 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Xue Bao Diang Mine (Xue Bao Ding Mine), Pingwu, Chengdu area, Sichuan, Southwest Region, China
Sample size: 3.8 x 1.9 x 2.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Emmons Mine, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.
Sample size: 21 x 27 x 23 mm
 
  
  
 
  
Origin: Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango (Durango), Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
Sample size:  28 x 13 x 25 mm (top/2nd row), 9 x 9 x 23 mm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, near Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan Province, China
Sample size: Yaogangxian Mine, near Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan Province, China
 
  
Origin: Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Huddersfield Township, Pontiac Co., Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 6.7 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Fluorapatite with faintly blue topaz on zinnwaldite and quartz
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Ex. Gary Hansen collection
Sample size: 7.2 x 7 x 5 cm
 
  
Fluorapatite with chlorite
Origin: Puiva, Polar Urals, Russia
Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection
Sample size: 5 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Colorless-grey to white terminated crystals (1 mm) in matrix
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 3 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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