Apophyllite

Origin: Pashan Quarries, Poona, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 7.2 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm

On elegant quartz crystals up to 3.5 cm long glitter hundreds of tiny apophyllite crystals

Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia

Sample size: 12.1 x 9.1 x 7.0 cm

Apophyllite on stilbite

Origin: Mominaklada Well, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, India

Sample size: 6.2 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm

Apophyllite on stilbite

Origin: Ahmednagar, Poona, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 7.8 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm

Green apophyllite and stilbite crystals to 2.3 cm included with celadonite

Origin: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 9.0 x 6.7 x 4.1 cm

Origin: Nasik, India

Sample size: 5.3 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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