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Fluorapatite

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Will Johnson
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Fluorapatite, 5.4 cm, from the Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson collection; Tom Spann photo. Reference: Menezes (2009).

Product details

Species
FluorapatiteAbout Fluorapatite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.4 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Sapo MineRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Flawless Beauty page 29

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Fluorapatite
Mineral guide
Learn about Fluorapatite
glassy hexagonal prisms in green, blue, yellow, pink, and more; valued for color, luster, and standout localities like Panasqueira and Sapo Mine.
Fluorapatite
Regional guide
Fluorapatite from Sapo Mine, Brazil
from the Sapo Mine is one of the signature modern apatites of eastern Brazil: sharp, lustrous, intensely green to yellow-green crystals set against pale feldspar, bladed albite, muscovite, and quartz from a complex granitic pegmatite in the Aimorés pegmatite district of Minas Gerais. The classic Sapo look is not the common stubby hexagonal apatite prism of many pegmatites, but a suite of distinctive forms: compressed prismatic crystals with colorless margins, stacked elongated aggregates, flattened dipyramidal apatite-group crystals, and occasional sculptural “cast” or near-hollow pieces that seem to have grown around a vanished core.