Apatite
at-auction$ 100
- Locality
- Mahenge, Tanzania
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- T295
Mining for Spinels in Mahenge in 2016 has turned up a handful of these unusually colored single Apatite crystals. I bought every one I could, which was only 4.
The color is blue with a hint of green and it's very gemmy. Undamaged with one small contact or irregular growth on one back edge.