Blue-Green Apatite Discs
Product Description
Apatite is a mineral naturally occurring in our bones and teeth. It's helpful for teething and growing pains, and as such is an excellent stone for growing animals, particularly fast-growing large breeds.
Apatite is a fairly uncommon gemstone, and you will only rarely see it offered for sale in the typical commercial jewelry stores. However, in recent years some of the TV jewelry and gemstone home shopping networks have offered a variety of this gem known as neon apatite. This is a very attractive form of this gemstone, and as a result, it has gained some level of popularity because of that exposure.
Chakra(s): Throat Zodiac Sign: Libra Element: Air/Earth
Apatite is a very soft and heat sensitive gemstone, and it is not recommended for wear in rings are bracelets. It is however perfectly suitable for setting in a pendant or earrings. While not fragile in any way, a reasonable amount of care is necessary to insure the gem is not damaged, which is why it is not recommended for use in rings are bracelets. It has a hardness of five on a scale of one to 10.
Brazil and Mexico have been the traditional sources of gem quality apatite. The Brazilian stones are a medium dark to dark, strongly saturated blue color, somewhat like a deep sapphire type of color. They are also small, and there is never been much of this deep blue material on the gemstone market. Deep blue stones more than about four carats in size are unusual. The Mexican apatite comes from an iron mine and is deep golden-yellow in color. In the 1970s and 80s, a fairly large amount of the Mexican yellow apatite was produced. They are available in somewhat larger sizes, and deep yellow stones up to about 30 carats in size are sometimes found on the gemstone market. Occasionally gems from other colors are found in small deposits from worldwide locations. Small amounts of apatite have been mined in Canada, Europe, and the state of Maine in the US. There is also a cats eye apatite from Tanzania, east Africa that forms a very good eye. It comes in large sizes, but unfortunately there is very little of this form of apatite on the market.
Apatite is a fairly uncommon gemstone, and you will only rarely see it offered for sale in the typical commercial jewelry stores. However, in recent years some of the TV jewelry and gemstone home shopping networks have offered a variety of this gem known as neon apatite. This is a very attractive form of this gemstone, and as a result, it has gained some level of popularity because of that exposure.
Chakra(s): Throat Zodiac Sign: Libra Element: Air/Earth
Apatite is a very soft and heat sensitive gemstone, and it is not recommended for wear in rings are bracelets. It is however perfectly suitable for setting in a pendant or earrings. While not fragile in any way, a reasonable amount of care is necessary to insure the gem is not damaged, which is why it is not recommended for use in rings are bracelets. It has a hardness of five on a scale of one to 10.
Brazil and Mexico have been the traditional sources of gem quality apatite. The Brazilian stones are a medium dark to dark, strongly saturated blue color, somewhat like a deep sapphire type of color. They are also small, and there is never been much of this deep blue material on the gemstone market. Deep blue stones more than about four carats in size are unusual. The Mexican apatite comes from an iron mine and is deep golden-yellow in color. In the 1970s and 80s, a fairly large amount of the Mexican yellow apatite was produced. They are available in somewhat larger sizes, and deep yellow stones up to about 30 carats in size are sometimes found on the gemstone market. Occasionally gems from other colors are found in small deposits from worldwide locations. Small amounts of apatite have been mined in Canada, Europe, and the state of Maine in the US. There is also a cats eye apatite from Tanzania, east Africa that forms a very good eye. It comes in large sizes, but unfortunately there is very little of this form of apatite on the market.
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