Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below: https://vimeo.com/1168569874/6d7afb47cb This is a superb apatite specimen featuring a lustrous, sharp, bright lime yellow crystal of 1.8 cm ideally standing at the top of an orthoclase matrix! Ex Astier Minéraux, Ex coll. Bac. Jean-Pierre Bac was a highly active regional field prospector in the departments of Cantal, Aveyron, and Lot from the 1970s through the 2010s. He became a specialist of Curebourse and Enguialès, having developed a close relationship with the family who owned the latter mine. Several specimens from his Curebourse collection were illustrated and published in Le Règne Minéral (1999, issue 29). He also made several remarkable and unusual discoveries in a quarry near Miécaze. Another part of his collection consisted of carefully selected international specimens acquired from French mineral dealers during that period.