Tabular Apophyllite with Pastel Green-Blue Celadonite Inclusions — Nashik, India chlorite included quartz Islands of Java

Islands of Java

Beautiful pale lavender purple cubic fluorite cluster

No fluorescence in this piece

One side of the apophyllite crystals have fracturing and partial crystal faces where the piece was attached to the pocket

Beautiful blue Cavansite / pentagonite radiating crystal cluster on a bed of tiny stilbite crystals that are atop basalt matrix

Tabular Apophyllite with Pastel Green-Blue Celadonite Inclusions — Nashik, India chlorite included quartz Islands of JavaThis highgrade specimen displays the uncommon tabular habit of apophyllite, with a thick, intergrown, sharply defined tabular crystal and excellent clarity. Delicate internal and external celadonite inclusions create a bluegreen glow that is rarer in tabular crystals than in the classic cubic habit. This piece also contains tiny darktogreen microinclusions typical of Maharashtra crystal pockets natural celadoniterich or ironoxidebearing grains trapped