African Green Apatite in Pear Shape

About Apatite

Apatite is a mineral group best known in gemology for transparent fluorapatite. Its colours include vivid blue, blue-green, green, yellow, pink, violet and colourless; some crystals show more than one colour. Fine material may be transparent, while included specimens are translucent. Certain stones display chatoyancy, a narrow cat’s-eye band caused by aligned inclusions, and some blue-green varieties are fluorescent under…