A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Large blue apatite crystal from Bahia State, Brazil |
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| Description | This large blue apatite crystal was purchased from a gem dealer, so the exact provenance is not known. It comes from Bahia State, Brazil, and is about 5 cm in longest dimension. The crystal is an imperfectly formed hexagonal prism with terminating hexagonal pyramids (poorly developed at one end). Note the poor cleavage perpendicular to the long dimension. |
| Location | Brazil ▹ Bahia State |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2001-01-31. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | apatite, crystal, Brazil, prism, cleavage |
| Tech details | 513 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 23 |
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