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Fluorapophyllite-(K) & Stilbite

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Fluorapophyllite-(K) & Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Pashan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 7.9 × 4.4 cm
Description

This beautiful piece presents numerous of excellent defined, gemmy crystals of apophyllite accompanied by pale meat coloured tabular and partly bow-tie shaped stilbite. The apophyllite is razor sharp and mirror bright. The colour is a pale green. On some faces, there is a slightly vertical striation. A good specimen from the well known Indian locale.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
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