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Presenting this beautiful-looking specimen featuring a couple of minerals in the aesthetic formation. It forms a double terminated purple pinkish Apatite crystal with milky white cleavelandite. The apatite has amazing parallel sharp striations with an interesting vitreous luster. The white cleavelandite in the background adds much contrast and beauty to the specimen. Indeed a very pretty and beautiful piece in such perfection!
Specimen | Beautiful Apatite Crystal on Milky White Cleavelandite |
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Weight | 21 grams |
Dimensions | 3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm |
Origin | Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
Treatment | None |
The name ‘apatit’ was introduced by A.G. Werner believably somewhere in the mid-1780s, which he later explained as being named from the Greek verb aπasάω, which means ‘to deceive’ or ‘to be deceptive’, because, as he wrote, “until now it has misled all mineralogists in its identification.” The material is soft, brittle, and sensitive to heat. It has a wide variety of colors. Clear transparent stones are faceted, and chatoyant specimens are cut into cabochons.
Apatite is the most popular phosphate mineral and is the main cause of the phosphorus required by plants. The teeth and bones of most animals, including humans, are composed of calcium phosphate, which is the same material as apatite.
Varieties | Chlorapatite, Fluorapatite, Moroxite |
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Chemical Formula | Ca5 (PO4)3 (F, OH, Cl) |
Hardness | 5 |
Specific Gravity | 3.16 to 3.23 |
Transparency | Transparent |
Lustre | Vitreous |
Crystal System | Hexagonal |
Chakras | Throat Chakra |
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Zodiac | Gemini |
Planet | Jupiter, Mercury |
Color | Colorless, white, yellow, brown, grey, red, pink, purple, blue, green. Some specimens are multicolored |
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