- TUC114-030
- Apatite on Albite
- Burg, Fiesch Glacier, Rhone Valley, Valais Switzerland
- Thumbnail, 2.2 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
- Ex. Alain Martaud
- SOLD
A choice thumbnail specimen featuring a 1.5-cm-across gem-clear apatite, perched on a few small crystals of albite. Neat association and perfect balance make this a classy thumbnail apatite, from a very unusual locality. Good Swiss apatites of any quality, let alone nice gemmy ones, are hard to come by. Ex Alain Martaud specimen. Joe Budd Photos
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