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[vic rzonca]

I saw this question posted on Mindat-FB page. Thought I'd get a definitive answer here. "Is it unusual - or even rare to have Apophyllite, Prehnite, Axinite, Diopside and Garnet in one paragenesis?". I would take that to mean, the same specimen.

[John Betts]

Vic, all of those minerals occur at Belvidere Mountain (Eden Mills), VT.

[vic rzonca]

[John Betts]

Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California also has them.

[Bob Carnein]

They also occur at Franklin, NJ, but, as far as I know, not together; this is not a common association.

[Pete Richards]

My guess would be that the apophyllite and prehnite formed later than the axinite, diopside, and garnet, quite possibly in a second separate episode of mineralization. Any thoughts?

[Bob Carnein]

Exactly.