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Pink Appetite Specimen - 80g

$169.00

Pink Apatite Crystals on Muscovite Mica – Skardu Pakistan Mineral Specimen - 80g

Product Description

A beautiful 80-gram natural Pink Apatite mineral specimen from Skardu, Pakistan, featuring several prominent pale rose-pink Apatite crystals dramatically contrasted against a highly reflective Muscovite mica matrix.

Despite its relatively compact size, this specimen displays several substantial Apatite crystals. The largest crystals show attractive soft pink to lavender-pink coloration with areas of translucency, visible natural crystal faces and a pleasing glassy luster under direct light.

The surrounding Muscovite is especially attractive, forming dense silvery-bronze books, blades and layered aggregates throughout the specimen. Its highly reflective surfaces create brilliant flashes under changing light and provide excellent contrast against the softer pink Apatite.

Several Apatite crystals are exposed prominently above the Muscovite rather than being deeply buried within the matrix, giving the specimen excellent three-dimensional character. Natural contacts, inclusions and incomplete crystal areas are visible and contribute to the specimen's natural pegmatite appearance.

At 80 grams, this is an especially attractive collector specimen combining substantial Pink Apatite crystals with an unusually rich and highly reflective Muscovite matrix.

Key Features

  • 80-gram natural mineral specimen
  • Multiple prominent Pink Apatite crystals
  • Soft rose-pink to lavender-pink coloration
  • Several substantial exposed Apatite crystals
  • Attractive natural translucency
  • Visible natural crystal faces
  • Highly reflective Muscovite mica matrix
  • Dense silvery-bronze mica books and blades
  • Excellent pink and metallic color contrast
  • Highly three-dimensional formation
  • Natural crystal contacts and inclusions
  • Excellent collector-size Pakistani specimen

Locality

Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

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