This striking specimen features golden apatite crystals emerging from a pale calcite matrix, offering a balance of color, structure, and crystalline contrast. The apatite displays warm yellow-gold tones with a vitreous luster, standing out crisply against the softly textured calcite host.
Under shortwave ultraviolet light, the specimen reveals a subtle fluorescent response, illuminating the calcite and apatite, enhancing the visual separation between mineral phases. The transformation under UV adds a soft but compelling secondary display mode.
Size: 1.5” × 1.5” × 1”
Weight: 48 g
Golden apatite is often associated with clarity, motivation, and intellectual focus, while calcite is commonly linked to grounding and energetic balance. Together, they are appreciated for encouraging steady, thoughtful energy rather than intensity—mirroring the specimen’s calm visual presence.
Golden apatite associated with calcite, showing shortwave UV fluorescence is strongly consistent with material from the Panasqueira mining district in Portugal, a world-class locality known for complex phosphate assemblages and fluorescent minerals.
Specimens from this region are valued for their balance—clean crystal form, harmonious associations, and subtle but rewarding UV behavior. This piece exemplifies those qualities in a compact, cabinet-friendly format.
Golden apatite with calcite association
Fluoresces under shortwave UV light
Classic Panasqueira-style mineral pairing
Gemmy Luster
Compact size with dual display appeal
Apatite is a calcium phosphate mineral group commonly forming in hydrothermal and pegmatitic environments. Its coloration can range from colorless to vivid green, blue, or golden yellow, depending on trace elements and structural variations. Calcite, a calcium carbonate mineral, frequently forms alongside apatite in these systems and often acts as a stabilizing matrix.
At localities such as Panasqueira, evolving hydrothermal fluids produced complex mineral assemblages, with apatite crystallizing during later stages—sometimes exhibiting fluorescence under ultraviolet light due to trace activators within the crystal lattice.
This striking specimen features golden apatite crystals emerging from a pale calcite matrix, offering a balance of color, structure, and crystalline contrast. The apatite displays warm yellow-gold tones with a vitreous luster, standing out crisply against the softly textured calcite host.
Under shortwave ultraviolet light, the specimen reveals a subtle fluorescent response, illuminating the calcite and apatite, enhancing the visual separation between mineral phases. The transformation under UV adds a soft but compelling secondary display mode.
Size: 1.5” × 1.5” × 1”
Weight: 48 g
Golden apatite is often associated with clarity, motivation, and intellectual focus, while calcite is commonly linked to grounding and energetic balance. Together, they are appreciated for encouraging steady, thoughtful energy rather than intensity—mirroring the specimen’s calm visual presence.
Golden apatite associated with calcite, showing shortwave UV fluorescence is strongly consistent with material from the Panasqueira mining district in Portugal, a world-class locality known for complex phosphate assemblages and fluorescent minerals.
Specimens from this region are valued for their balance—clean crystal form, harmonious associations, and subtle but rewarding UV behavior. This piece exemplifies those qualities in a compact, cabinet-friendly format.
Golden apatite with calcite association
Fluoresces under shortwave UV light
Classic Panasqueira-style mineral pairing
Gemmy Luster
Compact size with dual display appeal
Apatite is a calcium phosphate mineral group commonly forming in hydrothermal and pegmatitic environments. Its coloration can range from colorless to vivid green, blue, or golden yellow, depending on trace elements and structural variations. Calcite, a calcium carbonate mineral, frequently forms alongside apatite in these systems and often acts as a stabilizing matrix.
At localities such as Panasqueira, evolving hydrothermal fluids produced complex mineral assemblages, with apatite crystallizing during later stages—sometimes exhibiting fluorescence under ultraviolet light due to trace activators within the crystal lattice.
