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RM3279   Scolecite

Nashik quarry, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India

Group of twinned prismatic scolecite crystals, very brilliant and transparent. It is accompanied by small hyaline crystals of fluorapophyllite-(K), bright and very defined. Scolecite is a rather rare species of the zeolite group from India. With handwritten label by J. Viñals and belonged to the Nicolau collection (Barcelona).


Size: 8.2 x 2.6 x 2 cm.

Col J. Viñals. Col. E. Nicolau (Barcelona).


Price: 190 €Buy
 

RM3266   Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Excellent specimen of fluorapophyllite-(K) with very good size crystals that show the shapes of the tetragonal prism with faces of the dipyramid truncated by the basal pinacoid. Very good transparency, brilliance and definition. It is disposed very aerial on a matrix with stilbite. With handwritten label by Joan Viñals.


Size: 7 x 4.7 x 3 cm
Main crystal: 5.1 cm.



Price: 130 €Buy
 

RM3087   Heulandite and celadonite

Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Superb specimen of heulandite with aggregates of crystals up to 4 cm long, very well defined, translucent, faceted and in parallel growth. They present inclusions of celadonite, a species on which they stand out. An undamaged specimen of considerable size. The collection label will be send to the buyer.


Size: 9.5 x 8.8 x 5.7 cm.
Main crystal: 4.2 cm.
Found in ±2006.

Col. Miquel Marí-Ana García (Castelló)
 

RM2953   Gyrolite and Okenite

Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Group of globular aggregates of gyrolite, with a very good size, white and translucent. They are accompanied in the vacuole with fine acicular crystals of okenite. The photos do not do the piece justice. Very aesthetic.


Size: 10.5 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm.

 

RM2677   Corundum, var. ruby

Mysore corundum deposits, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Classic ruby crystals, with an intense purple color, arranged in a quartz-rich matrix. Especially rich and aesthetic specimen from India. The crystals are sharp, bright and translucent. They fluoresce under UV light. Former Joan Astor Collection.


Size: 6.8 x 4.3 x 4 cm.
Main crystal: 1.3 cm.
Found in ± 1976.

Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
Fluorescent under long wave UV


 

RM2595   Prehnite

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Globular aggregates of brilliant prehnite crystals, with a very uniform green hue.


Size: 7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm.
Found in ±2004

Col. A. Trigo (Mataró).


Price: 40 €Buy
 

RM2542   Gyrolite and quartz

Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Globular gyrolite aggregates, formed by radial crystals, brilliant, olive green in color. They are disposed on a matrix partially covered with quartz crystals. It belongs to the collection of Joan Astor, with a handwritten label and another typewritten.


Size: 9.7 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm.
Main crystal: 2 cm. aggreg.
Found in ±1977.

Col. J. Astor, Barcelona.


 

RM2401   Stilbite-Ca and Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Poonah, Maharashtra, India

This sample shows various aggregates of lanceolate tabular stilbite crystals, with luster and transparence. They are disposed on an upholstered matrix of small crystals of the same species and prismatic crystals, slightly greenish and transparent, of fluorapophyllite- (K).


Size: 9.5 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm.
Main crystal: 2.2 cm.
Found in ca. 1986.

Col. J. Astor (Barcelona).
Classic locality


 

RM2253   Scolecite

Nashik, Maharashtra, India

radiated aggregate of prismatic scolecite crystals. Translucent to transparent and intergrown. A classic from India.


Size: 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm.
Found in ca. 1980.

Col. J. Astor (Barcelona). Adq. Suministros escolares.


 

RM2248   Corundum var. Ruby

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Good sized prismatic crystal of corundum, ruby variety. Formed by an elongated prism, staggered and truncated by the shapes of the pinacoid. With small muscovite.


Size: 3 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm.

Fluorescent under long wave UV
 

RM2247   Corundum var. Ruby

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Corundum crystal of the ruby variety formed by an elongated prism and truncated by the forms of the pinacoid. Good color and size. From this classical Indian locality मैसूर, कर्नाटक, भारत.


Size: 3.7 x 1.2 x 1 cm.

Fluorescent under long wave UV
 

RM2161   Prehnite

Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Aggregates of prehnite crystals, with stalactitic forms, translucent, brilliant and with a delicate green tone. From a classic Indian locality.


Size: 5.5 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm.
Found in ±1989.

#462 Col. Manchion (Barcelona).


 

RM2056   Fluorapophyllite-(K) on heulandite-Ca

Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Excellent specimen of fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, doubly terminated, very aerial disposed, with a green color with zoning, and tetragonal forms of the prism and the dipyramid very visible, with parallel growths. They are disposed contrasting with a snowy white matrix of lanceolated crystals of heulandite-Ca. A gemmy specimen.


Size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm.
Main crystal: 2.8 x 1.5 cm.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).
 

RM2017   Fluorapophyllite-(K) on heulandite-Ca

Pashan quarries, Pashan, Poonah, Maharashtra, India

Excellent specimen of fluorapophyllite-(K) formed by several crystals, very aerial disposed and transparent, with an intense green color, and tetragonal forms of the prism and the dipyramid very visible, with parallel growths. They are disposed contrasting with a snowy white matrix of lanceolated crystals of heulandite-Ca. A gemmy specimen.


Size: 7.3 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm.
Main crystal: 1.4 cm.

Col. Daunis.
 

RM1735   Cavansite and stilbite

Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Poonah, Maharashtra, India

An aesthetic royal-blue cavansite group of sharp crystals, perched atop stilbite-covered basalt matrix on this fine and showy piece from the Wagholi Quarry of India.


Size: 7.0 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm.
Main crystal: 18 x 14 mm aggreg.

 

RM1462   Corundum, var. ruby

Mysore, Karnataka, India

A stunning corundum, var. ruby, specimen. Perfectly disposed and contrasting with the white matrix. Very sharp, translucent, brilliant and with a deep reddish color not ususal in this locality. Very fluorescent under LWUV. A perfect gem from India.


Size: 5.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm.
Main crystal: 11 x 10 mm

Ex Chris & Agatha Galas collection.
Fluorescent under long wave UV
 

RM1236   Gyrolite with Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Mumbai, Mumbai district, Maharashtra, India

Very aesthetic aggregate of globular gyrolite with defined fluorapophyllite crystals. Nice miniature.


Size: 5.4 x 5.2 x 1.4 cm.

 

RM1149   Fluorapophyllite-(K) with inclusions

Nashik, Maharashtra, India

A very sharp and brilliant fluorapophyllite-(K) doubly terminated crystal with good size and showing the forms of the tetragonal prism, dipyramid and pinacoid. Note the greenish to reddish inclusions, probably chlorite and iron oxides, that we can see in the back side. A very interesting specimen.


Size: 5.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm.
Found in 2015.

 

RM1150   Fluorapophyllite-(K) with inclusions

Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Group of huge sized fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, one of them dominant and doubly terminated. They present forms of the prism and dipyramid tetragonal. Brilliant and defined. Particular greenish to reddish inclusions, probably by chlorite and iron oxides. A very interesting specimen.


Size: 6.7 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm.
Main crystal: 50 x 35 mm.
Found in 2015.

 

RM1118   Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-(Ca) and okenite

Lonavale, Poonah, Maharashtra, India

Very aesthetic specimen formed by several groups of fluorapophyllite-(K) rosettes, very brilliant, defined, colorless (with a slight greenish tone) which are disposed very aerial on a matrix with Stilbite-(Ca) and fine white needles of okenite. A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015.


Size: 8.0 x 5.0 c 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 34 x 30 mm. aggr.
Found in 04/2015.

 

RM1012   Cavansite with stilbite-Ca

Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Poonah, Maharashtra, India

Globular aggregates with a really good sized formed by cavansite lanceolate crystals, with an intense blue color, brilliance and transparence. Very aerial and aesthetically disposed on the matrix covered by several small but transparent and brilliant stilbite-Ca crystals.


Size: 5.5 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm.
Main crystal: 3.3 x 2.8 cm. aggrs.

 

RM748   Powellite with Stilbite

Pandulena Hills, Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Bipyramidal crystal of powellite with a good size, very brilliant and well defined faces and edges. With a delicate honey color and some transparence. It is accompanied by stilbite crystals on matrix.


Size: 6,7 x 6,0 x 3,2 cm.
Main crystal: 11 x 10 mm.
Found in 2005.

Fluorescent under LW-UV and SW-UV lights
 

RM537   Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite and Calcite

Bidkin water well, Bidkin, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Group of two apophyllite-(KF) crystals showing perfect tetragonal prism faces, well developed, with the dipyramid and pinacoid. The edges are very sharp and the faces have some striation. Translucent and slightly green color zoning, more intense in the crystal core. Faces are peppered by small white calcite crystals that have grown mostly in some orientated faces, probably due to water circulation. It is a very aesthetic miniature. On a matrix of very brilliant crystals of stilbite.

These specimens were found in 2006 in a small Indian village, when they were drilling a water well. They found a cavity totally covered with them. There is an interesting article in the Mineralogical Record magazine (39:267-273).


Size: 4,5 x 3,5 x 2,5 cm.
Main crystal: 22 x 12 mm.
Found in 03-06/2007.



 

RM536   Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite and Calcite

Bidkin water well, Bidkin, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Excellent doubly terminated crystal of apophyllite-(KF) showing perfect tetragonal prism faces, well developed, with the dipyramid and pinacoid. The edges are very sharp and the faces have some striation. Translucent and slightly green color zoning, more intense in the crystal core. Faces are peppered by small white calcite crystals that have grown curiously mostly in some orientated faces, probably due to water circulation. It is very, very aesthetic. On a matrix of very bright and transparent crystals of stilbite also peppered by small calcite rhombohedra.

These specimens were found in 2006 in a small Indian village, when they were drilling a water well. They found a cavity totally covered with them. There is an interesting article in the Mineralogical Record magazine (39:267-273).


Size: 7,0 x 4,5 x 4,3 cm.
Main crystal: 40 x 10 mm.
Found in 03-06/2007.

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