Blue Apatite Chert Meaning, Metaphysical Energy & Geology

A sphere where vivid blue apatite meets green and light brown chert.

What the report found: The blue portion is apatite; the green to light brown matrix is chert.

The sphere measures about 66 mm. The laboratory measured relatively modest iron and manganese in the blue area despite its saturated color and suggested that structural defects may enhance that blue. It associated the chert's green-to-brown color variation with different oxidation states of iron. The color mechanism in the apatite is presented as a likely explanation, not as a separately established cause for every blue apatite.

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Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 2: Energy dispersive spectral analysis of the blue area in Fig. 1.

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                                                   Analytical Result Report

Sample id: 9194 (Blue Apatite)
Submitted by: K.Bitner
Date submitted: Sept. 9, 2020
Date completed: Sept. 16, 2020
Operating conditions: JEOL JSM-6400 operated at 25 kV acceleration potential, 15 mm working distance, 15 degrees
sample tilt, coated with 250 Å carbon. Using the X-ray fluorescence attachment with 35kv potental in conjunction with
the EDS system.




Fig. 1: Photograph of the Apatite sphere. Maximum dimension is 66 mm.




Fig. 2: Energy dispersive spectral analysis of the blue area in Fig. 1.
Table 1: compositional results for the blue and green areas

 element                                  Blue area                                 Green area
 Iron                                     410 ppm                                   7.1 wt. %
 Sulfur                                   100 ppm                                   400 ppm
 Manganese                                140 ppm                                   120 ppm
 Phosphorus                               17.3 wt. %                                Not detected
 Silicon                                  1.22 wt. %                                38.55 wt. %
 Calcium                                  39.2 wt. %                                400 ppm


Summary of findings: A very interesting specimen! Deep blue apatite (Figs 1-2 and Table 1) with greenish to light
brown chert Fig. 1 and table 1). Despite the deep blue color, chromophoric trace elements such as iron and manganese
are not very high. This something we have found in our work on apatite group species, the color intensity does not
correlate well with chromophore concentrations. Thus, some defect in the structure likely enhances the color intensity.
The cherty material and its color range from green to light brown is a result of the oxidation state of iron, divalent iron
makes it green, trivalent makes it brown.




Date: September 16 ,2020                          Signature