Best Phosphate

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that has been fashioned into jewelry for millennia, notably mined and traded by Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States.

Lead phosphate chloride mineral forming green to yellow barrel-shaped hexagonal crystals in oxidized zones of lead ore deposits worldwide.

Calcium beryllium phosphate mineral forming colorless to pale yellow crystals; rare gem-quality specimens occur in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Oxford County, Maine, USA.

Fluorapatite is a highly abundant phosphate mineral first described in 1860, notable for forming the basis of tooth enamel and occurring in massive deposits.

A copper phosphate hydroxide mineral forming deep olive-green crystals, first described from Ľubietová, Slovakia, a classic locality historically known as Libethen.

Manganese iron phosphate mineral with a distinctive purple to dark red color, found in oxidized pegmatites in Namibia, Australia, and Portugal.

Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals frequently found in igneous and metamorphic rocks, serving as a primary source of phosphorus and noted for its hexagonal crystals.

A rare zinc phosphate hydroxide mineral first described from the Broken Hill mine in Zambia, forming colorless to pale green or yellow crystals.

Variscite is a relatively rare hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral noted for its vibrant green color, heavily sourced from the famous Lucin locality in Utah.

Phosphosiderite is a rare iron phosphate mineral notable for its soft pink to violet color, first described in 1890 and often found in Argentina and Germany.