Apatite comes in attractive colors - blue, violet, purple , yellow-green and, blue-green. Although a soft material, it is widely used in jewellery due to its bright and attractive colors. Apatite is also very heat sensitive.
Apatite is very rarely encountered as a gem material but occurs in transparent form in blue, violet, purple , yellowish green and, bluish green colors. With a hardness of 5, apatite is not a very hard stone but it is still used in jewelry because of its attractive color. Apatite is also very heat sensitive and as a result, there are few lapidaries that can cut it at all.
