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Apatite in Calcite
- Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Siberia, Russia
- Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
- Start Time: 12/11/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/16/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An impressive, 5.5 cm, teal-blue, fluorapatite crystal is aesthetically frozen in contrasting orange calcite matrix. The translucent, doubly terminated crystal has the shiny, melty-looking luster typical for these. The apatite is undamaged. A very fine example from this deposit.