Search Archived Mineral Specimens
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco dist., Portugal
- Formula
- Ca5(PO4)3F
- Size
- SmCabinet 7x4.5x2cm
- Tagged
- phosphate , Holiday Sale
Lustrous large hexagonal, translucent green Fluorapatite (Apatite (CaF) crystals to 2cm across. "Showy" specimen, clean, no damage associated with a bit of Pyrite.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco dist., Portugal
- Formula
- Ca5(PO4)3F
- Size
- SmCabinet 9x7x5cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
Large, gorgeous and gemmy green Fluorapatite crystals to 1.8cm with seven smaller scatted about the Muscovite and Calcite matrix. Excellent specimen from the Phillips collection.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Iron mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Formula
- Ca5(PO4)3F
- Size
- Thumbnail 2x3x1.5cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
Translucent light teal-blue botryoidal Carbonatefluorapatite covering the vuggy areas of matrix.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- Ca5(PO4)3F
- Size
- SmCabinet 7x5x4.5cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
An old Neal Yedlin specimen (see tag in provenance) with 4-5mm purple Fluorapatite crystals.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Foote mine, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, United States
- Formula
- Ca5(PO4)3F
- Size
- Miniature 5x5x3cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
Purple-brown tabular Fluorapatite crystals to 5mm set in a Quartz lined vug in matrix. These Fluorapatite crystals are acually purple, but the color shows brownish in the photos.
- Availability
- Sold
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- Fowey Consols mine, St. Austell dist., Cornwall, England
- Formula
- Ca5(PO4)3F
- Size
- SmCabinet 8x5.5x3cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
A fairly nice example of open-vein type mineralization from this mine, a major copper producer in Cornwall and well known for it Bismuthinite specimens. This specimen in loaded with colorless, thin tabular and hexagonal Fluorapatite crystals to 1mm which are hard to see in the photos but are clearly seen with excellent definition under the scope. The Sphalerite is well crystallized also having a deep red to orange transparency. The old Barstow label mentions the association with "chalybite" a synonym of Siderite. In this case, Barstow, was mistaken, as this is Sphalerite, not chalybite. Also in the matrix is Pyrite. See the old Barstow label, under provenance. Barstow, who passed away in 1982 was one of the more famous mineral dealers from Cornwall, who actually worked at the South Crofty mine. More can be found on Barstow at the Min. Record label archive.
