Apatite from Mozambique
Photo by AGL
A gem dealer obtained a large amount of rough apatite from Mozambique. From the large amount of rough, 55 gemstones were cut. The stones that ranged the biggest contained parallel arrays of eye-visible platelet inclusions, and at times fibrous needles. The stones were cut to decrease the visibility of the inclusions.
To read more, check out The Journal of Gemmology, Vol 34, No 8, 2015. pp 654.
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