SAMPLE OF ANAPAITA CRYSTALS FROM THE NORTHERN AREA OF CATALONIA. TYPICAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF ANAPAITE IN SMALL INTERIOR GEODES WITH ITS GREENISH TONALITY. PIECE FROM BELLVER DE LA CERDANYA.
Anapaite is a mineral from the class of phosphates.
It was discovered in 1902 in an iron mine in Anapa, on the Taman peninsula (Russia), hence its name.
