| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Ukraine (annexed by Russia) > Anapaite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 73994 |
| Mineral: | Anapaite |
| Locality: | Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia) |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent green anapaite crystals on an unidentified black mineral, probably vivianite, in a cavity formed by a fossilized clam in limonite-stained brown matrix. Decomposition of the clam provided the phosphates to form the anapaite crystals. Ex. Tom Bee, ca. 1990 |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 6 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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