Beautiful 4.1" Green Zoned Apophyllite Crystal Cluster - India

Beautiful Green Zoned Apophyllite Crystal Cluster - India #44427

This specimen contains large green apophyllite crystals and light peach-colored stilbite, collected from Maharashtra, India. Fanning crystals of stilbite can be found in small patches around the specimen, while vast majority of the specimen is covered in lustrous green to transparent zoned apophyllite crystals. There looks to be no repairs, as well as little to no damage on this specimen.

This specimen comes with an acrylic display stand.

This specimen comes from the Deccan Traps, a large igneous province and one of the largest volcanic features on Earth, in the Pune Province of western India. In the course of quarrying for other materials or digging wells, sometimes large pockets of zeolites and other minerals are unearthed in the volcanic rock.

Apophyllite, while not a zeolite itself, is almost always found associated with zeolites in the same pockets. It has two crystal habits: a rectangular prism capped by a steep four-sided pyramid, or a pseudo-cubic structure. While not a well-known mineral to the general public, it is popular among mineral collectors due to its pastel colors and beautiful crystal formations.

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