Purple Apatite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)

Item Description

When it comes to Apatite, the most desirable and sought after color is purple. Some of the finest examples of purple Apatite are those from the various pegmatite localities in Maine. The Harvard Quarry (better known as the Noyes Mountain Quarry) has produced some iconic examples of this material, and this piece is a good representation. This small cabinet specimen hosts a few sharp, lustrous, fine purple color hexagonal crystals of Apatite measuring up to 4 mm sitting atop off-white colored Albite matrix. I love the distinct and beautiful striations that can be seen on the prisms of the Apatites. Good quality up close and certainly among the most eye-catching examples of Apatite, not only from Maine, but just about anywhere in the world. From the collection of Gerry Morvell with an accompanying label from the collection of V. & G. Guyette.