Green Apophyllite Cluster – Maharashtra, India – 28 grams

A delicate Green Apophyllite Cluster from Maharashtra, India, featuring numerous pale mint-green crystals densely arranged around contrasting dark volcanic matrix. Mounted upright on a custom display base, the specimen presents an attractive sculptural profile with crystallization visible across multiple sides.

The apophyllite ranges from softly translucent seafoam green to nearly colorless along thinner edges and crystal terminations. Broad, glassy faces catch the light with bright reflective flashes, while overlapping crystals create a layered formation filled with geometric detail and internal texture.

The front presents a dense field of intergrown apophyllite crystals, including several larger blocky forms surrounded by smaller crystals. Portions of dark brown to black matrix remain exposed along the sides and reverse, creating dramatic contrast and preserving the specimen’s natural geological context.

Several crystals display natural contacts, cleavage features, inclusions, and minor edge irregularities consistent with genuine apophyllite specimens. These characteristics are visible in the photographs and contribute to the piece’s authentic mineralogical appearance.

Measuring approximately 1.5 × 0.5 × 2 inches and weighing 28 grams, this compact mounted specimen offers excellent display presence for its size. Its soft green coloration, abundant crystallization, contrasting matrix, and upright presentation make it an appealing thumbnail specimen from Maharashtra’s celebrated Deccan Traps.

Specifications

Mineral: Apophyllite

Variety/Trade Description: Green Apophyllite

Formation: Intergrown crystal cluster on matrix

Locality: Maharashtra, India

Weight: 28 grams (approximately 0.06 lbs)

Dimensions: Approximately 1.5 × 0.5 × 2 inches

Color: Pale mint green to nearly colorless with dark brown and black matrix

Crystal Habit: Blocky-to-prismatic intergrown crystals with geometric terminations

Luster: Vitreous to glass-like

Transparency: Transparent to translucent

Crystal System: Tetragonal

Matrix: Dark volcanic host material with natural earthy coatings

Condition: Natural mineral specimen with inherent contacts, inclusions, cleavage features, surface textures, and minor edge irregularities

Mounting: Affixed to a custom display base produced in-house

Display: Upright thumbnail specimen

Exact specimen shown

About Apophyllite

Apophyllite is the collector name commonly used for a group of hydrated potassium-calcium silicate minerals recognized for their exceptional glass-like luster, transparent-to-translucent crystals, and sharply geometric forms. Many green specimens from Maharashtra are fluorapophyllite-(K), although precise species-level identification requires analytical testing.

Green coloration in apophyllite is commonly associated with trace elements incorporated during crystal growth. The intensity can range from nearly colorless through pale mint and seafoam shades to stronger green hues.

Maharashtra lies within the Deccan Traps, an immense volcanic province created by successive basaltic lava flows. Gas bubbles trapped within the cooling lava produced open cavities called vesicles. Mineral-rich fluids later circulated through these openings and deposited apophyllite, stilbite, heulandite, calcite, chalcedony, and other secondary minerals.

The contrasting dark material preserved on this specimen represents part of its original growth environment. Its relationship with the surrounding apophyllite helps illustrate how the crystals formed within openings in the ancient volcanic rock.

Apophyllite has perfect basal cleavage and can be sensitive to impacts and sudden temperature changes. This mounted specimen should be handled by its base and displayed where its projecting crystals will be protected from contact.

Collector Notes

This specimen features:

• Natural green apophyllite from Maharashtra, India
• Soft mint-green to seafoam coloration
• Abundant intergrown crystallization
• Several larger blocky crystals among smaller growth
• Bright glass-like surface reflections
• Transparent to translucent crystal areas
• Attractive crystallization across multiple sides
• Strong contrast against dark volcanic matrix
• Natural contacts, inclusions, and cleavage features
• Material from Maharashtra’s renowned Deccan Traps
• Custom display base produced in-house
• Compact thumbnail size with upright presence
• One-of-a-kind natural mineral formation
• Exact specimen pictured

Perfect for collectors of green apophyllite, Indian zeolites, Maharashtra minerals, Deccan Traps specimens, pale green crystals, mounted minerals, thumbnail specimens, volcanic-cavity minerals, and naturally geometric crystal formations.

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