Hydroxylapatite with Albite - Buskerud, Norway

Hydroxylapatite with Albite

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An outstanding single crystal of the rare phosphate Hydroxylapatite is perched on the matrix of massive creamy-white Hydroxylapatite richly coated with blades of Albite feldspar. This unusual specimen, from Oks'yekollen quarry in Snarum, Buskerud, Norway, has one main Hydroxylapatite crystal 5 cm tall by 3.5 x 3 cm in section and is near-perfectly terminated. The Hydroxylapatite is a chalky-white with a dull, yet satin porcelaneous lustre. A great specimen of a seldom seen species and of museum display quality.

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SpeciesAlbite, Hydroxylapatite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions7.1 x 8.7 x 4.9 cm

Added on10/24/2024

LocalityNorway, Buskerud

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Unknown Owner

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Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Crystal Classics	Not disclosed

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Mineral guide

Learn about Albite

sodium plagioclase famed for snow-white cleavelandite blades and Alpine pericline crystals; pegmatite matrices, bright luster, and appeal.

Regional guide

Albite from Buskerud

Locality guide

Buskerud

Buskerud, Norway — Kongsberg native-silver veins, Modum cobalt-arsenides, and Snarum magnesite-phosphates; mines and type-mineral finds appeal to collectors.

Albite

$863Median

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