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Apatite-(Caf)

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A classic Panasqueira specimen. Very glassy, gemmy and lustrous, color-zoned, gray-green apatite crystals cover the sculptural and aesthetic plate. The sharp, tabular crystals have textbook, hexagonal form and reach 2.0 cm and the fringe of the piece is nicely accented with tiny siderite crystals. Ex. Dr. Gary Hansen Collection and dates to the 1970s or early 1980s.

Product details

SpeciesApatite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.5 x 5.2 x 1.4 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityPortugal, Panasqueira Mines

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Apatite
Mineral guide
Learn about Apatite
hexagonal crystals with vivid greens, blues, and violets; forms range from pegmatites to alpine pockets, valued for color, form, and affordability.
Apatite
Regional guide
Apatite from Panasqueira Mines, Portugal
from the Panasqueira Mines is one of the signature mineral classics of Europe: glassy, hexagonal fluorapatite, most often in green, blue-green, colorless, pale yellow, violet, or purple crystals, set against the unmistakable Panasqueira palette of silvery arsenopyrite, ribbed black ferberite, sparkling muscovite, siderite, quartz, pyrite, sphalerite, fluorite, calcite, and other vein minerals. In serious collections the label is usually shortened to “apatite,” but the collector-specimen species from Panasqueira is fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F.