Fluorapatite

Item Description

This unusual columnar crystal is superb for the locality, and highly unexpected! I wouldn't believe it if not from a reliable source...would have assumed it to be some odd-colored Portuguese piece, instead. But it IS Moroccan (just to be sure, I showed it around for a year before posting it, to experts on the locales there). The piece is complete all around and has a wonderful, sharp termination at one end. At the bottom, you can see that a schorl crystal has angled through and is enclosed within the apatite. Also, you can see there is a hollow tube running through the length of the crystal and out the top! Valued at $1500 and simply one of the better examples of a single crystal we've had from this locality.