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Apophyllite

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Locality: 
Rahuri Well, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Out from the famous find a few years ago, here is a fine miniature of the so-called discoball apophyllite crystals group. This cluster is almost gem, lustrous, but what is more impressive about it is the artistic form. It looks like it's man made 360 degrees. It displays on its own base and the is only minor cleavage on two crystals. It even has some matrix of lustrous white stilbite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apophyllite

Synonym Of: 

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Fluorapophyllite-(Na)

Formula: 
NaCa4(Si8O20)F·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

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