Gyrolite

Origin: Poona, Maharashtra, India
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Owner: Milton Speckels
Sample size: about 4 cm
 
Origin: Monument, Grant Co., Oregon, U.S.A.
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 11.5 x
 

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Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Large "ball" of gyrolite to 2.3 cm in pocket with other zeolites
Origin: Kandivali, India
Ex. F. John Barlow Collection
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Gyrolite wit laumontite, okenite on quartz
Origin: Poona, near Bombay, India
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Gyrolite on quartz
Origin: Maharashtra, India
Sample size: 1.8 x 0.9 x 1.2 cm (left), 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (right)
 
  
  
Gyrolite and calcite on quartz in geode
Origin: near Bombay, India
Sample size: 10.2 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Gyrolite on quartz
Origin: Bombay, Maharashtra State, India
Sample size: 12 x 8 x 6 cm
 
  
Matrix with the top covered by large colourless balls of gyrolite crystals to 2 cm in diameter and silky acicular colourless okenite crystals.
Origin: Bombay, India
Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Gyrolite with apophyllite
Origin: Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Mountain Minerals Intl.
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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