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Fluorapatite

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These exceptional “chains” of epitaxial apatite crystals are hollow on the interior. What is unique about this specimen is that even though the two crystal “chains” are perpendicular to eachother, they are interconnected. This can be tested by blowing through one end of the crystal. Don’t worry I wiped it off after I tested it ;)

Product details

Species
FluorapatiteAbout Fluorapatite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.9 x 6.5 x 3.1 cm
Added on09/13/2025
Locality
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Sapo MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2026Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—DanZ RockshopNot disclosed

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Fluorapatite
Mineral guide
Learn about Fluorapatite
glassy hexagonal prisms in green, blue, yellow, pink, and more; valued for color, luster, and standout localities like Panasqueira and Sapo Mine.
Fluorapatite
Regional guide
Fluorapatite from Sapo Mine, Brazil
from the Sapo Mine is one of the signature modern apatites of eastern Brazil: sharp, lustrous, intensely green to yellow-green crystals set against pale feldspar, bladed albite, muscovite, and quartz from a complex granitic pegmatite in the Aimorés pegmatite district of Minas Gerais. The classic Sapo look is not the common stubby hexagonal apatite prism of many pegmatites, but a suite of distinctive forms: compressed prismatic crystals with colorless margins, stacked elongated aggregates, flattened dipyramidal apatite-group crystals, and occasional sculptural “cast” or near-hollow pieces that seem to have grown around a vanished core.