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Mineral Specimens with Natroapophyllite
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9.9 x 9.9 x 7.5 cm. Intensely bright, gemmy and lustrous crystals of apophyllite decorate a cluster of translucent, mossy green chalcedony. This specimen has an other-worldy, exotic appearance!
8.4 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm. Kinoite is an ultra-rare copper silicate. The bright royal blue micro crystals to 2 mm are richly and aesthetically scattered in a vug on matrix lined with sparkly, colorless to light green apophyllite crystals. A very showy piece collected or donated to Harvard University by well-known pegmatite specialist and University of Oklahoma geology professor, David London, for whom londonite is named, and then acquired by George Feist.
7 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm. Bright stalactite of super gemmy Apophyllites with two lovely peach Stilbites accenting the whole piece beautifully. The largest of the Apophyllites is 2.5 cm and doubly-terminated.
14.3 x 11.4 x 4.2 cm. Outstanding plate of clear gemmy Chalcedony liberally coated with beautiful bright gemmy Apophyllites. The stepped balls of Chalcedony, which have the appearance of giant drusy quartz balls (really, how cool is that!) range up to 2 cm across. They have a gorgeous silky translucent luster and a grey tint due solely to the plate of matrix below. The Apophyllites, many of which are doubly-terminated and a few with some cleaves, reach up to 2 cm in length.
15.3 x 11.5 x 3 cm. This plate, a full 15 cm across, is made up of nothing but clear gemmy Apophyllites from end to end, the largest of which 4 cm long and doubly terminated! Growing on top of the Apophyllites are dozens of beautiful salmon-colored Stilbites, many over 1 cm in length.
7.6 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm. An unusual specimen from India, with an isolated, blocky crystal of bright green apophyllite, nicely gemmy, on a bed of small crystals of green heulandite. The apophyllite crystal measures 1.7 cm.
4.4 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm. A floater cluster of apophyllite crystals, with an anchoring central crystal that has little crystals growing on its faces - including a pretty starburst!
5.4 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm. A VERY RARE and EXCELLENT specimen of glassy, colorless to green apophyllite crystals from the famous Jeffrey Mine of Quebec.
6.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm. On a thin crust of matrix is a beautiful, shimmering salmon-pink bowtie of stilbite, next to two intergrown super-gemmy and glassy crystals of apophyllite. Around them are scattered bursts of small apophyllites like little jewels!
8.0 x 7.9 x 4.4 cm. Three crystals of green apophyllite, of the blocky style, surrounded by several cream-colored crystals of stilbite - with just a bit of matrix present.
A gorgeous and large specimen of this species featuring velvety balls of xonotlite in large aggregates. Miraculously, as this is a fragile species, there seems to be no damage to the display face! The "open" sphere in front shows the natural acicular crystals that make up each radiating aggregate 7.8 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
A very showy, 3-dimensional specimen with lustrous, brigh tapophyllite crystals to 9mm in size. This is not fluorapophyllite, but rather the more rare form, hydroxy-apophyllite. 8.6 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
7.4 x 6.1 x 4.2 cm. A striking fan-shaped spray of gemmy apophyllite crystals, beautifully isolated on matrix.
7.1 x 5.6 x 4.4 cm. Pearly sheaves of light salmon-pink stilbite, with a complete, blocky 2.2-cm crystal of green apophyllite nestled amongst them.
6.6 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm. Look at this extremely unusual apophyllite specimen from Nasik! Not only is the form very unusual - it would be hard to describe it from a crystallographic standpoint, even though it is quite regular and geometric - but the color is also quite different, colorless with rusty-reddish inclusions. This cluster of crystals contrasts BEAUTIFULLY with the snowy, sparkly white matrix. The large crystal measures 2.6 cm.
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