Apatite on Quartz (RARE for locale)

Salgadinho, Paraiba, Brazil
Small Cabinet, 9.8 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 06/02/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/09/2011 6:36:42 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A fantastic and rare combination specimen from Paraiba, Brazil. A gemmy and lustrous, 2.1 cm, textbook, hexagonal, apatite crystal is aesthetically perched at the base of a complete all-around and pristine, water-clear, lightly frosted, quartz crystal oblelisk. The apatite has a gorgeous, "pariaba blue" rim followed by a colorless zone, with a grass-green core. Striking and beautiful, indeed! We have not seen a combination of this quality and color, previously. Value of such a rarity??? Estimated $500-750

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