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EE63R4: Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz

Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (05/2010)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.22” × 1.06”

ET6R4: Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz

Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (05/2010)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

ED6R4: Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz

Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (05/2010)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.93” × 0.83”

EC66R4: Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz

Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (05/2010)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

NLR67AO5: Fluorapatite with Calcite

Two doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, on a matrix of pink Calcite. The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, put together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.
Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast Russia
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.36” × 1.26”

JFD225AP8: Fluorapatite with Calcite

Color, color, and color! The crystals are on an unusual Calcite matrix and one of them has a small chip that, fortunately, is on the back of the piece and so is inconspicuous. As said, the most remarkable thing about it is its color. I got it back for myself when I bought the Silvane collection, to whom I had sold it before.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

EXX74CD2: Fluorapatite with Calcite

Very aerial parallel growth of tabular Fluorapatite crystals, transparent, very shiny, and intensely pink. On matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystals. Fluorapatites from this mine were very difficult to obtain, and it is a small surprise that this piece from the past comes with such quality when very few specimens were seen in its time.
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 7.9 × 3.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.11” × 1.42” × 1.73”

RE67G0: Fluorapatite with Calcite

The crystal is floating, complete and rich in pyramidal forms, rarely seen in Panasqueira specimens. In the tip there is a zone of clearer green, almost white. The specimen, in the back, is partially recovered by Calcite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (1967)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.72” × 1.61” × 0.98”

NB46AL7: Fluorapatite with Calcite and Hematite

Fluorapatite crystals sharp and rich in faces and with perfect terminations. Transparent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform yellow color with slightly greenish reflections. On a volcanic rock matrix together with small white Calcite crystals and lamellar Hematite crystals.
The specimen, a Spanish classic, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 33), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2003)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 1.65”

RT6G8: Fluorapatite with Calcite and Muscovite

Group short prismatic crystals, sharp and undamaged, on a matrix rich with Muscovite and small crystals of Calcite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal
Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.56” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

NG36AJ5: Fluorapatite with Calcite and Pyrite

Floater tabular crystal with anomalous growths at the base and without damage. It is transparent and bright, has very well defined geometric growths, is partially coated by Calcite and it is with small Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal
Specimen size: 6 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.22” × 0.67”

MB68AD4: Fluorapatite with Calcite and Pyrite

Aggregate, on a Calcite matrix, of two thick tabular crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a dark green color, translucent, bright and with concentric color zones. Different from the more common Fluorapatite from this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (2011)
Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.30”

NA94AC4: Fluorapatite with Calcite, Quartz and Muscovite

Aggregate of Fluorapatite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with a uniform color with darker areas on the pinacoid and partially coated by Calcite and small Pyrite crystals. Although it has been recently recovered this sample can be, considering its general aspect, as a “classic”.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (07/2014)
Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.38”

TTR14AN9: Fluorapatite with Cassiterite and Arsenopyrite

Group of translucent, lustrous, pale green tabular Fluorapatite crystals with twinned Cassiterite crystals and small Arsenopyrite crystals. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

DA76E6: Fluorapatite with Cassiterite and Mica

A novelty from China: in the Pingwu area, famous for Scheelite and Cassiterite, they have found some extraordinary Fluorapatite, which have very good color and, above all, very good crystal definition. In fact they look very similar to the famous Swiss ones, with the difference being that the Chinese ones are a deeper color. The paragenesis is also quite incredible: a matrix of delicate crystals of Mica with very brilliant Cassiterite. This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at St Marie 2004’ section of the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ and appears on page 50 of number 58. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Also, it has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 420
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China (2002)
Specimen size: 11 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.15” × 1.38”

JFD62AN9: Fluorapatite with Cassiterite, Ferberite and Siderite

Purple fluorapatites ('os lilas' in local slang) are a rarity in Panasqueira and when they appear they are highly valued. This piece is not large, but has no damage, it has Siderite, Cassiterite and Ferberite crystals, and color zoning, with a purple band between two green bands, which makes it an original and very elegant specimen.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (±1989)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”

NP14AL5: Fluorapatite with Chlorite

A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals with a pale yellow to violet color, with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas and small Chlorite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (02/2020)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.83”

JFD190AP3: Fluorapatite with Chlorite

Rare, rare, both for its color and for the presentation of the crystals. Despite having seen so many fluorapatites, the truth is that I don't remember seeing another one like this one. Besides, the little 'ball' of Chlorite is intriguing, because I honestly don't know if it is an aggregate of Chlorite crystals or if it is covering some other species.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (±1997)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.56” × 2.09” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.94”

HM60EY: Fluorapatite with Dravite and Siderite

Group of tabular Fluorapatite crystals between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, on matrix, with Siderite. Partially covered by small acicular crystals of Dravite.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (2017)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.50” × 0.67”

ET46R3: Fluorapatite with Feldspar

Crystal of very well defined faces and edges, with excellent yellow color and luster, with associated crystals of feldspar and on matrix, which is uncommon for these Fluorapatites from Imilchil.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2010)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.35”

ER46Y2: Fluorapatite with feldspar

Two Fluorapatite crystals, one of them doubly terminated, formed by the hexagonal prism and a dipyramid. They are on a matrix of feldspar crystals, probably Microcline.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 112, page 13
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (04/2013)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.36” × 2.17” × 1.54”

NFF89AO6: Fluorapatite with Ferberite

Two doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with recrystallization and contact zones on the back, without breakage, translucent, lustrous, and with color zoning, more intense in the central part. With Ferberite and small Siderite crystals on the back.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (2021)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.18”

TV26J3: Fluorapatite with Ferberite and Muscovite

Group of very well defined short prismatic crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with a sharp crystal of Ferberite on a side of the specimen.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (10/1965)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.42” × 1.02”

WRM47CD2: Fluorapatite with Ferberite, Quartz and Muscovite

Crystals of Fluorapatite with a short prismatic habit, partially biterminated, shiny, and of a beautiful violet color, the most desired color for fluorapatites from Panasqueira. They are on matrix, with flattened crystals of Ferberite, Quartz crystals, and coatings of Muscovite. Like all specimens in Raúl Sanabria's collection, it was chosen with great care, always aiming to have something special that sets it apart.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (02/2021)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 6.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.15” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.79”

JFD76AO0: Fluorapatite with Ferberite, Siderite and Calcite-Dolomite

This is a serious piece, the bluish Fluorapatite has a fascinating crystallography, the crystals are very aerial and are associated with a combo of Ferberite, Siderite and Calcite-Dolomite. I don't recall seeing many more Panasqueira fluorapatites with this crystal habit (if any at all)
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (±1994)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.13” × 1.89”

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