Superb purple Apatite (Carlton Davis Coll.)

Pulsifer Quarry, Mt. Apatite, Androscoggin Co., Maine
Thumbnail, 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm
Start Time: 10/29/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/05/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Purple Pulsifer Quarry apatite from Maine elicits a reverent response among serious mineral collectors. The Smithsonian"s ?Roebling Apatite? is considered one of the great mineral specimens in the world. This textbook, hexagonal, tabular, transparent, lustrous, purple beauty is an old specimen, having been in the Carlton Davis Thumbnail Collection. It has excellent color and glassy luster.

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