Fluorapatite With Topaz on Zinnwaldite and Quartz - image 1

Fluorapatite With Topaz on Zinnwaldite and Quartz

This material, I am told, came from one pocket in the late 1970s. I have seen only 3 specimens for sale out there. All 3 I have seen feature very unusual wheat-sheaf-like apatite crystals of a pastel yellow hue, in association with small crystals (2-5mm) of faintly blue topaz in association, as this one does scatterred about! This is an excelleent example of a rare association and with the quartz in the middle is a striking combo piece from an important and now-defunct locality. (NOTE: Not a Hansen piece, but one I have had from another collection that fits in well here)

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Product details

Species

Fluorapatite, Topaz, Quartz, Zinnwaldite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions7.2 x 7.0 x 5.0 cm

Locality

Portugal, Panasqueira Mines

Added on10/23/2024

Comments

Known provenance

2024/08