The Portugal Gallery includes a number of specimens from different localities in Portugal (excluding Panasqueira which has its own Gallery). Pages 1 to 3 are devoted to some pegmatites in central Portugal and show quartz, apatite, albite and others.

 

WPOR-06/SAN/1 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

A piece of white albite matrix with an area partly coated by small muscovite crystals and with several transparent lustrous very light green hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. across. They are highly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

3.4x2.2x1.5 - 15 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/5 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

A piece of white albite matrix with some reddish microcline and several translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. long. They are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

3x2.1x2 - 18 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/6 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

Small cluster of white bladed crystals of albite with several translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. long. Tiny muscovite crystals and black manganese oxides associated. Apatites are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

2.2x1.3x0.8 - 18 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/7 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

Small cluster of white bladed crystals of albite with several translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. long and 0.4 cm. across. Some black manganese oxides associated. Apatites are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

2x1.2x0.8 - 20 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/9 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

A piece of white albite matrix with some bladed crystals and several translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. long. Back of specimen is coated by small books of muscovite. Apatites are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

2.2x2.1x1.6 - 15 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/13 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

A small piece of white albite matrix mixed with muscovite and with several translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. across. They are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Two apatite crystals show some contacting.

1.8x1.3x1 - 9 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/14 - Apatite on albite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

Small cluster of white bladed crystals of albite with several translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to 0.3 cm. across. Some muscovite and black manganese oxides associated. Apatite crystals are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

1.3x1.2x0.7 - 16 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/15 - Apatite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

Floater matrixless cluster of translucent lustrous blue hexagonal crystals of apatite to about 0.4 cm. long partly coated by black manganese oxides. Apatites are slightly fluorescent in a salmon-pink color. Undamaged.

2.2x2x0.7 - 20 €

 

 

WPOR-06/SAN/18 - Apatite

Real, near Penalva do Castelo (Viseu District, Portugal)

Translucent lustrous complex hexagonal crystals of purple apatite to 0.6 cm. across, zoned with a central band of darker color on a quartz-microcline-muscovite pegmatitic matrix. Apatite is highly flourescent in an orange to salmon-pink color. Very little damage in just a few minor crystals.

6.8x4.9x3 - 22 €

 

 

WPOR-06/21 - Apatite and opal

Sátão Area (Viseu District, Portugal)

Two loose single crystals of translucent green apatite with yellowish rims, one of them with some transparent light yellow bubbly opal variety hyalite on top. Hyalite is highly fluorescent in green color. Both apatite crystals are contacted at bottom and one is also slightly cleaved on one side as can be seen in the top pictures. Thickness is about 0.2 cm. Top and middle pictures correspond to one crystal while bottom pictures represent the other. Sold as a group.

1.3x1.1x0.5 (top crystal) and 1.3x0.8x0.3 (bottom crystal) - 15 €

 

 

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