Apatite - Panasqueira Mines, Portugal

Apatite

$1,500.00

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This is an unusually large crystal of the rare deep green color from the locality. It is a fat, very lustrous crystal that just leaps out at you visually, from a shelf, with its strong color and high luster. It is complete on all sides except the back where it was naturally contacted.

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SpeciesApatite

SizeMiniature

Dimensions4.9 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm

Listed on10/23/2024

LocalityPortugal, Panasqueira Mines

SKUAP12

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The ArkenstoneFeatured

3,349 for sale·Member since 2026

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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.

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.

Locality guide

Panasqueira Mines

Panasqueira Mines, Portugal — premier locality yielding tungsten, ferberite, arsenopyrite, fluorapatite, and colorful quartz associations prized by collectors.

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