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Apatite (Floater Thumbnail!)

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This exceptional crystal is a complete floater, gemmy/transparent throughout (more so in person than it appears) and is perched on a stalk of siderite. It is quite simply a world class thumbnail. In the pics you can see some of the subtle interplay of greenish, blue, and lavender color zones in the crystal, which changes depending on the lighting. It is so glassy it is almost slippery, complete all around, and a floater.

Product details

SpeciesApatite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 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.