For anapaite is a truly beautiful mineral. Its lime green color is attractive and is a jewel inside the otherwise uncrystallized remains of an ancient fossil shell. The scene almost reminds you of a virtual green pearl. Perhaps it is the way or the environment in which anapaite forms, but the crystals look more like glass shards than like true crystals. Despite the lack of distinct forms, anapaite crystals are very different and would be a nice addition to anyone's collection.
Color is commonly green or white.
Luster is vitreous. Transparency crystals are transparent to translucent. Crystal System is triclinic, bar 1 Crystal Habits include characteristically indistinct prismatic crystals and aggregates. Streak is white. Associated Minerals are limonite and vivianite .