Green Apophyllite with Coated Calcite on Black Chalcedony Natural Mineral Specimen - image 1
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Green Apophyllite with Coated Calcite on Black Chalcedony Natural Mineral Specimen

Unknown Owner
Features:An exceptionally sculptural and impressive large combination zeolite specimen from Aurangabad. The very well prepared deep triangular vug in basalt matrix is lined with sparkly, bubbly, drusy gray chalcedony. The striking and aesthetic mound in the middle hosts pearlescent, flesh-pink, stilbite crystals, four

Product details

Species
Apophyllite, Chalcedony, CalciteAbout Apophyllite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.0 x 5.0 cm
Weight155 grams
Added on10/28/2024
Locality
India, Maharashtra, Jalgaon DistrictRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Unknown Owner$200.00
—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.