Fluorapophyllite Bi-colored and Stilbite on Chalcedony Natural Mineral Specimen - image 1
Fluorapophyllite Bi-colored and Stilbite on Chalcedony Natural Mineral Specimen - image 2
Fluorapophyllite Bi-colored and Stilbite on Chalcedony Natural Mineral Specimen - image 3
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Fluorapophyllite Bi-colored and Stilbite on Chalcedony Natural Mineral Specimen

Unknown Owner
Features: Material with a striking, massive, and sculptural 3-dimensional matrix combination.The item is dominated by two-toned, mint-green and off-white, glossy, translucent, blocky tetragonal apophyllite crystals with satin lustre faces.The huge blocky interior crystal and the magnificent isolated crystal on the edge

Product details

Species
Apophyllite, StilbiteAbout Apophyllite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions10.2 x 7.6 cm
Weight334 grams
Added on10/28/2024
Locality
India, Maharashtra, Jalgaon DistrictRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Unknown Owner$250.00
—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.