Fluorapatite (floater specimen) /(slight color shift)

Specimen ID: 0KR-4CF

Title
Fluorapatite (floater specimen) /(slight color shift)
Locality
As recorded:
Greizer Hütte area, Floitengrund (Floiten Valley), Zillertal (Ziller Valley), Tyrol, Austria
Dimensions
23mm x 21mm x 11mm
Description
Alpine Apatites are not terribly common, and are certainly one of the more desirable species for Alpine mineral collectors. This piece features somewhat thick, tabular hexagonal crystals of a soft lilac hue in fluorescent lighting and shows a slight color shift to more of a pale pinkish-rose hue in
Previous data
Mineral(s)
FluorapatiteNone listed
Name withheld

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