SOLD Apatite (purple) - rare locality
stock #SOLD 22.1-488
Chas de Tavares, Mangualde
Viseu,
Portugal
1.2 x 1 x .8 CM (thumbnail)
price: $0
Pre Tucson
A sharp, glass and bright purple Apatite crystal from a very little known locality, found in 2012. Ex Alain Martaud collection this is in excellent condition and shows zoning with the more vivid purple color near the bottom of the crystal and when viewed through the termination the very center has a colorless zone in the core. Portugal is one of the world’s great sources of fine Apatite from the famed Panasqueira Mine, but this locality is over 125 KM to the west and the region has a very complex and different type of mineralogy. Very few of the Apatites from here are purple and most are a lot smaller, this is superb for the locality.
