Apatite on Feldspar with Herderite ex Marty Zinn Coll.

Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Start Time: 11/05/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/12/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, teal-blue apatite crystals to 7 mm totally cover the front and the edge on this striking specimen from a most uncommon Brazilian locale - Campina Grande in Pariaba State. The matrix itself is very noteworthy, being a pearlescent layered boxwork of feldspar peppered with gemmy, yellow-green, herderite microcrystals! Very rare and excellent material from this rare locality from the Marty Zinn Collection # 6335. Valued at $600-800 for rarity and quality.

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