Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Apophyllite

Views:
Watches:
ZLT163178

Apophyllite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 1 cm
Description

Fraction of a xenolith with thrree unusual and rare (for the location ) balls of apophyllite of ~1.5 mm in diamter.

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps