Fluorapatite

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This quite imposing individual Fluorapatite crystal has a lovely greyish-green teal-blue colour to it and sits nicely for display. Missing its lower part, this stocky six sided 9.6 cm tall crystal is fully terminated by a distorted pyramid, with two of the sloping crystal faces dominating the others. The tip of the termination is slightly contacted. It has an unusual waxy lustre and smooth feel, possibly from natural etching or water worn. Internally, the crystal is translucent but with tectonic fractures. It is from Slyudyanka, near Lake Baikal, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberia, Russia where superb, large, blue and green Fluorapatite crystals are found in Calcite. This superb matrix-less crystal is towards the upper end in size of crystals from there and makes for a fine display.