Fluorapatite included with ''Byssolite''

Item Description

This piece dates back to the summer of 2016. We actually purchased several excellent pieces from this discovery, and this piece is a great thumbnail sized example. These are gorgeous "Alpine-type" specimens of Apatite with classic inclusions of "Byssolite" that are incredibly similar to the classic and desirable specimens from the Knappenwand in Austria. This specimen is a sharp, well-formed, thick, tabular, hexagonal crystal of VERY GEMMY colorless Fluorapatite which is included with brilliant rich green colored fibrous Actinolite (variety: "Byssolite") to create a gorgeous two-tone effect. When the piece is backlit, the color really glows, and this particular shade of green is almost never seen in Apatite, even if it caused from the inclusion of another mineral. Both of the "c" pinacoid faces are rather lustrous, and actually show very faint, but interesting repeating hexagonal growth spiral patterns on the surface. The prism faces are lustrous as well, and when I look around the specimen, I can't really find any true damage, outside of the base where the piece was separated from the pocket wall. There are only two places in the world where I've seen crystals of Apatite with these beautiful green "Byssolite" inclusions, Austria and Pakistan, so don't miss out on this eye-catching piece with wonderful color.