Mineral: Fluorapophyllite-(K) on Stilbite-Ca
Locality: Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
Dimensions: 7.5 x 16 x 24 cm / main crystal: 2 cm.
Description: Mass: 2000 g
MIM number: 2206
Two perfect interpenetrating green spherical tufts, the largest measuring 8 cm in diameter and the smallest 6.5 cm. They consist of prismatic, tabular-terminated crystals, and have grown on a pearl-white stilbite-Ca matrix, itself formed on a black basalt slab.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Nicole & Jean-Pierre Voilhes (France)
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