Fluorapatite on Muscovite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A sharp, lustrous, gemmy, pink, hexagonal, "barrel"-shaped crystal of Apatite is aesthetically perched among silvery-golden bladed crystallized Muscovite matrix. The piece displays nicely as you can see from the photos and there is very little damage overall. A classic pink Apatite from Pakistan. The Apatite crystal measures 1.8 cm. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1511) with a label from Italian dealer Giuseppe Agozzino. Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.