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APOPHYLLITE CLUSTER

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APOPHYLLITE CLUSTER

A beautiful, sparkly Apophyllite Cluster of crystals.  Featuring several prominent Crystals and many perfect little ones on matrix. The whole specimen is very clear and aesthetic.  This particular piece is very collectable.  The name of this mineral has changed to Fluorapophyllite.  This one is hard to photograph and it looks better in life than the lens.

Location:
Nasik, Maharashtra, India.

Dimensions:
6.7cm x 5.5cm x 3cm, 76g.

KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O.

 

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APOPHYLLITE CLUSTERAPOPHYLLITE CLUSTER

A beautiful, sparkly Apophyllite Cluster of crystals.  Featuring several prominent Crystals and many perfect little ones on matrix. The whole specimen is very clear and aesthetic.  This particular piece is very collectable.  The name of this mineral has changed to Fluorapophyllite.  This one is hard to photograph and it looks better in life than the lens.

Location:
Nasik, Maharashtra, India.

Dimensions:
6.7cm x 5.5cm x 3cm, 76g.

KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O.

The name was revised from apophyllite-(KF) to fluorapophyllite-(K) (2013).  Apophyllite, whose name roughly means “to leaf apart” in Greek, is a mineral classic. It was given its name because crystals tend to peel or flake apart when they are heated due to the loss of water molecules. Although not that well-known by the general public, apophyllite is quite popular among mineral collectors. It is probably the first exotic mineral that a young collector will own after filling up on specimens of calcite, quartz, pyrite, galena, mica, fluorite, gypsum, apatite, etc, etc. After these common minerals, apophyllite seems like a real rarity and it offers so much to the collector. It has beauty, pastel colours, a bright luster, interesting well formed habits, unusual associations with other exotic minerals make it a collectable mineral indeed.

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