US$    € EURO    ¥ YEN    £ POUND    CAN$    AUS$    10 specimens selected  -  back to the Galleries MD-112795 - Anapaite - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine small cabinet, 6 x 2.8 x 4 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: Gorgeous, GEMMY and translucent rosettes of anapaite crystals that have formed inside fossil clams in a bizarre phosphate pod deposit! This locality is now mined through and specimens are hard to obtain. These crystals are to 1 cm in size. 6 x 2.8 x 4 cm MD-180756 - Anapaite - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine miniature, 4.1 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 4.1 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm. Anapaite is a rare phosphate. This showy and excellent specimen features lustrous, gemmy, sea-green anapaite crystals to 1.3 cm aesthetically set in a fossilized mollusk shell from the famous Kerch Peninsula of the Ukraine, near the Black Sea. MD-19656 - Anapaite - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine thumbnail, 2.3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: Lustrous green anapaite crystal clusters partially encased in a fossilized mollusc shell from the famous Crimean locality. Part of the anapaite is casted after the other half of the mollusc shell, as you can see the outline of the mollusc ribs. Seldom available on the market in this quality. 2.3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm MD-215130 - Anapaite - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine miniature, 5.0 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 5.0 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm. Anapaite for some reason is an extremely rare iron phosphate, despite the fact that iron phosphates are so rich and abundant in other localities. In particular, I find it odd that here the anapaite occurs in a zone different from where vivianite, the more common phosphate, also can be found. Yet it does not seem to occur in good crystals at other major vivianite localities, in different layers or otherwise. I cannot recall a single Kerch specimen showing the two grown together in the same pocket, for that matter. In any case, the mineral is beautiful on its own merit, and here we have a surprisingly rich growth of anapaite in a cavity in gossan matrix. The minute yellow mineral in association is baryte. MD-249244 - Anapaite, Baryte - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine small cabinet, 6.0 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 6.0 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm. A rare and striking combination specimen from the famous deposits of the Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine. A rare, 1.9 cm, honey-brown baryte ball is beautifully placed in a vug amidst a plethora of gemmy, translucent, tapering, sea-green anapaite crystals. Anapaite is a very rare phosphate and the calcium and phosphate needed to form this species are both derived from nearby fossilized shell material. This deposit is now mined through and gone. Very hard to obtain in good combination specimens today, such as this. MD-36853 - Anapaite - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine thumbnail, 1.3 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: Originating in the cast of a mollusk, is this lovely, translucent, green spherical cluster of the rare phosphate anapaite. It is extremely uncommon and found at its best in teh fossil shells from this deposit, now mined through and gone. The calcium and phosphate needed to form this species are both derived from the original shell material. This area on the Crimean Peninsula is well known for these unusual specimens but again, the zone is through and pieces of this quality are becoming hard to obtain. The main cluster here is about 1.3 cm, making it of respectable size 5 x 3.7 x 3 cm MD-54309 - Anapaite - - Archived Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine thumbnail, 1.0 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: This is a superb display-quality example of a very rare species, that is beautifully translucent and a rich lime green in color. Probably getting some of its supply of phosphate and calcium directly from the shells, this anapaite formed in gemmy, rich green, translucent, and lustrous, crystal clusters. It is of exceptional quality for the species and the locality in both size and color! Also, I have not seen a piece so richly covered in a long time. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm across. this is a defunct locale now for collectible minerals, with the phosphate-rich pod in which these replacements was found having been mined through 4.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm MRZ184 - Anapaite in fossil clam shell - $ 450 SOLD Kerch, Crimean Peninsula, Ukrainia miniature, 6 x 2.8 x 4 cm ex.  Martin Zinn CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: Gorgeous, GEMMY and translucent rosettes of anapaite crystals that have formed inside fossil clams in a bizarre phosphate pod deposit! This locality is now mined through and specimens are hard to obtain. These crystals are to 1 cm in size. MUN05-105 - Anapaite in fossil clam shell - $ 850 SOLD Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine miniature, 4.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: This is a superb display-quality example of a very rare species, that is beautifully translucent and a rich lime green in color. Probably getting some of its supply of phosphate and calcium directly from the shells, this anapaite formed in gemmy, rich green, translucent, and lustrous, crystal clusters. It is of exceptional quality for the species and the locality in both size and color! Also, I have not seen a piece so richly covered in a long time. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm across. this is a defunct locale now for collectible minerals, with the phosphate-rich pod in which these replacements was found having been mined through RARE-09-24 - ANAPAITE - $ 1250 Kerch, Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine miniature, 5.0 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: Anapaite for some reason is an extremely rare iron phosphate, despite the fact that iron phosphates are so rich and abundant in other localities. In particular, I find it odd that here the anapaite occurs in a zone different from where vivianite, the more common phosphate, also can be found. Yet it does not seem to occur in good crystals at other major vivianite localities, in diferent layers or otherwise. I cannot recall a single Kerch specimen showing the two grown together in the same pocket, for that matter. In any case, the mineral is beautiful on its own merit, and here we have a surprisingly rich growth of anapaite in a cavity in gossan matrix. The minute yellow mineral in association is barite.