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Green Apophyllite with Stilbite Cluster Natural Mineral Specimen

Unknown Owner
Features A cabinet specimen with the outstanding aesthetics of this piece. The base is defined by a field of pale pink, bladed stilbite crystals. A some point, the chemistry of the vug allowed for the development of apophyllite, and a group of deep-green, perfectly-transparent crystals developed with their axes largely

Product details

Species
Apophyllite, StilbiteAbout Apophyllite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.0 x 9.0 cm
Weight550 grams
Added on10/28/2024
Locality
India, Maharashtra, Jalgaon DistrictRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Unknown Owner$350.00
—Superb MineralsNot 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.