BBR15 Quartz, Fluorapatite with Siderite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
4.6x 2.9x 3.3 cm
$1400

A beautiful fluorapatite specimen from finds made last yea at the Kami Mine in Bolivia.  This level of completeness is almost impossible to find-- most pieces were damaged by the extensive dynamite use.  This example has a bit of partial quartz, and the apatite crystal is backed by siderite--the crystals from this pocket have a weird pseudo cubic appearance.  The color of this apatite is very pale-- and it appears palest in daylight (or daylight equivalent lighting) and has the greatest saturation under incandescent lighting (though it is still quite pale, even then).  Once again, finding anything this complete is very very difficult! If you would like videos taken under a specific type of lighting, feel free to send an e-mail.













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