Apatite with Quartz (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)

Item Description

Panasqueira is one of the more classic "modern" European localities. It has produced some of the most iconic Apatites in the world, and they are found with attractive associations of species like Quartz. This piece features a 2.4 cm, predominant, lustrous, sharp, well-formed, thick, greenish colored, tabular, hexagonal, striated crystal of Fluorapatite sitting beautifully along the side of a stout translucente slightly smoky Quartz crystal with smaller crystals of Fluorapatite with golden Siderite. The piece is in great shape with only a few contacts here and there, and it's an attractive association specimen from this well-known mining district. The piece can be displayed from a few angles, and these specimens are simply not seen on the market these days. Valued at $1700. From the collection of the long time, beloved, well-known French field collector, Paul Zerfass (Collection #446). Zerfass built this worldwide collection over nearly 50 years, many of which were personally collected. A biography featuring specimens from his collection (along with his face on the cover) is in the May - June 2017 issue of French mineral magazine, Le Regne Mineral. We have a .pdf copy of the article for anybody interested in reading it (though it's mostly in French). Just drop us a line and know that you'd like to have a copy.