It is a mineral that typically occurs in cavities in fossil bearing sedimentary rocks.

It is also found in phosphate bearing iron ores and rarely in pegmatites.

[2] It was named after the type locality on the Black Sea coastal region of Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Russia.

[2] Noted localities include Kertch (Crimea, Ukraine), Bellver de Cerdanya (Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)[5] and Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy.

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