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Apophyllite With Stilbite Perfect Bow-Tie formation Natural Mineral Specimen

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Features: A stunning, large doubly terminated stilbite bowtie with fantastic broad form is aesthetically set on the Chalcedony basalt matrix. The highly lustrous, translucent, cream-colored stilbite is wonderfully complemented by the numerous lustrous, that are peppered on the matrix. A very fine and artistic combinat

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SpeciesApophyllite, Stilbite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions7.6 x 7.6 cm

Weight290 grams

Listed on10/28/2024

LocalityIndia, Maharashtra, Jalgaon District

SKUB 4796

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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.

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.