Hydroxyapophyllite

  

 

  

  

Atransparent/translucent apophyllite crystal measuring 2 cm on edge, perched delicately atop sprays of red inesite and lustrous white natrolite. Tucked away in the crevasses are small white balls of xonotlite, and clusters of reddish, rounded aggregates of the rare species bultfonteinite

 

  

Ex. Charlie Key collection

Origin: Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm (top/2nd), 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm (3rd/4th/5th row), 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm (6th row), 8.6 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm (bottom)

 

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Clear, excellent thin tabular plates of hydroxyapophyllite to 2 mm with associated spray of natrolite to 9 mm.

Origin: Horseshoe Dam, Maricopa CO., Arizona, United States

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

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Origin: Cape Grim, Tasmania, Australia

Sample size: unknown

Sample owner: Brian Carney

 

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