US$    € EURO    ¥ YEN    £ POUND    CAN$    AUS$    9 specimens selected  -  back to the Galleries MD-118490 - Eudialyte, Astrophyllite - - Archived Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia small cabinet, 9.0 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 9.0 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm. A VERY RICH, bright and showy combination specimen of RARE silicates from the famous Kola Peninsula. Gemmy, cherry-red eudialyte crystals (zirconium silicate) are festooned on a matrix of lustrous, flattened, bronze-yellow atrophyllite blades (titanium silicate). Ex. George Elling Collection. MD-121764 - Astrophyllite - - Archived Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia small cabinet, 7.4 x 6.5 x 4.6 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 7.4 x 6.5 x 4.6 cm. A particularly fine and rich astrophyllite specimen from this important locality with lustrous, thick, metallic-foil-like, flat-laying crystals to 2.8 cm embedded in matrix. These bronze-yellow blades have almost a chatoyant look to them. Ex. Elling Collection. MD-168705 - Astrophyllite - - Archived St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA thumbnail, 2.5 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 2.5 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm. A lustrous, metallic foil-like, golden-bronze astrophyllite blade from a famous Colorado locality - St. Peters Dome. Astrophyllite is a RARE titanium silicate and this is an LARGE, outstanding, free-standing crystal of the species and locality. Ex. Dick Jones Collection and certainly an older specimen. MD-213102 - Astrophyllite - - Archived St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA cabinet, 10.3 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 10.3 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm. Lustrous, diverging, metallic foil-like, golden-bronze astrophyllite blades are richly and superbly set in cabinet-sized pegmatite matrix from this well-known Colorado locality - St. Peters Dome. Astrophyllite is a rare potassium, sodium, iron, manganese, titanium silicate and these are large, up to 6.0 cm, crystals of the species and for the locality. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I. MD-224740 - Astrophyllite - - Archived Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia small cabinet, 6.9 x 6.2 x 1.9 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 6.9 x 6.2 x 1.9 cm. A particularly fine specimen from this important locality with thick, metallic-foil-like, flat-laying crystals to 3 cm embedded in matrix. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection. MD-255052 - Astrophyllite, Zircon - - Archived St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA small cabinet, 5.9 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 5.9 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm. Lustrous, parallel-growth, metallic foil-like, golden-bronze astrophyllite blades are richly set in quartz-rich pegmatite matrix from a famous Colorado locality - St. Peters Dome. Astrophyllite is a rare titanium silicate and these are fairly large crystals of the species and for the locality. One face is superbly accented with a lustrous, sharp, 8 mm, brown zircon crystal. This is an excellent old example of this rare material - and with a zircon, as a bonus. This is very rare and hard to come by now. MD-256802 - Astrophyllite - - Archived Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia cabinet, 11.1 x 8.0 x 7.0 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 11.1 x 8.0 x 7.0 cm. A particularly fine cabinet specimen from this important locality on the Kola Peninsula of Russia with starburst-like radiating bundles of thick, brassy, metallic-foil-like, flat-laying crystals to 5.5 cm embedded on three sides of the matrix. Astrophyllite is a relatively uncommon titanium silicate found in nepheline syenites and alkali granites and this is an extremely fine and rich example of the species and locality. Ex. Tarnowski Collection. MRZ271 - Astrophyllite - $ 150 Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia small cabinet, 6.9 x 6.2 x 1.9 cm ex.  Martin Zinn CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: A particularly fine specimen from this important locality with thick , metallic-foil-like, flat-laying crystals to 3 cm embedded in matrix RHQTZ-71 - Quartz with Astrophyllite inclusions - $ 950 SOLD St. Gothard, Switzerland miniature, 6 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm ex.  Richard Hauck CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: This crysatl has incredible lustre and transparency, showing off the internal astrophyllite crystals which are also so bright they look metallic, and shine out starkly from within! A competition level quartz piece for the alps, very rare in such quality!