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Powellite, Apophyllite-(Kf)

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This is a highly unusual specimen for the intensity of color to the powellite. The crystal has not only intense orange color, but also a glassy luster that is equally outstanding. The contrast to the matrix of sparkling quartz druse, on which sits bright and lustrous, shimmering apophyllite crystals, just takes the piece to the next level. It is an outstanding piece for the species and locality.

Product details

SpeciesApophyllite, Powellite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.4 x 8.8 x 5.6 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityIndia, Maharashtra, Jalgaon District

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Apophyllite
Mineral guide
Learn about Apophyllite
glassy, fish-tail crystals; colorless to green. Great for display and provenance. Key sources: Deccan Traps (India), New Jersey; collecting value.
Apophyllite
Regional guide
Apophyllite from Jalgaon District, India
Jalgaon District is one of the great modern names in apophyllite collecting: a Deccan Trap basalt locality where glassy, geometric fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals emerge from dark volcanic rock with the kind of sculptural contrast collectors remember. The best pieces combine water-clear to mint-green apophyllite with peach stilbite, brown heulandite, sugary chalcedony, quartz crusts, celadonite-rich matrix, calcite, and, more rarely, powellite. The visual language is unmistakably Indian Deccan: bright vitreous faces, steep pyramidal terminations, pseudocubic outlines, and vug-shaped matrix plates that still read as sections of the original cavity.