Fluorapatite on Muscovite

Item Description

An attractive thumbnail sized specimen of these seldom-seen Fluorapatites from Paraíba, Brazil. The word Paraíba can invoke images of electric blue or green colored Copper-bearing Tourmaline crystals and gems, but there are plenty of other species are found in the state, including beautiful blue Fluorapatite crystals. This piece came from a recent discovery at Campina Grande and features sharp, lustrous, translucent, fairly strong-blue colored crystals of Fluorapatite measuring up to about 3 mm sitting atop a thin blade of Muscovite. For the size of the crystals, the color is quite saturated, as you don't often see crystals of this size with this strong of color. What a cool locality piece that would make a nice addition to any Brazilian collection, a phosphate suite, or a collection of worldwide Apatites.