Phillipsite

Penetration twin
Origin: Cerea, near Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Bova, Calabria, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

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Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Rock Island Dam, Douglas Co., Washington, U.S.A.
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 5.7 x
 
Phillipsite on paulingite
Origin: Three Mile School, Ritter, Grant Co., Oregon, U.S.A.
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 20.0 x
 
Penetration twin
Origin: Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 5.0 x
 

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Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

     
Origin: Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Great Britain
Sample size: 1.9 x 2.5 cm specimen. 1.3 cm wide pocket in volcanic host filled with numerous prismatic crystals of light pinkish-white translucent phillipsite crystals  up to 2 mm long
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Origin: Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK
Sample size: 1.5 mm hemispherical mass on chabazite
Owner: Steve Rust
 
Origin: Oisgill Bay, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK
Sample size: area 8 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

White philikpsite-Ca micro crystals in vugs in basalt
Origin: Three Mile Creek, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA
Sample size: 2 x 2 cm
 
Colourless to white philipsite-Na crystals in vugs
Origin: Little Deer Park, Glenarm, Co.Antrim, N.Ireland, U.K.
Sample size: micromount
 
Colourless to white philipsite-Na crystals in vugs
Origin: Dunseverick, Giant's Causway, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland, U.K
Sample size: micromount

 

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Laurentina, Rome Province, Latium, Italy
Sample size: 6.8 x 6.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Origin: Don Hill, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

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