Tabular Apophyllite with Pastel Green-Blue Celadonite Inclusions — Nashik, India tourmaline lot Trepca Mine Complex

Trepca Mine Complex

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Gallium (Ga)

The quartz crystals have excellent clarity and are accompanied by a cluster of pyrite

Cavansite typically forms vivid electric-blue spherical rosettes or “pom-poms

Tabular Apophyllite with Pastel Green-Blue Celadonite Inclusions — Nashik, India tourmaline lot Trepca Mine ComplexThis 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 during