Apophyllite (good quality) (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

A wonderful crystallized specimen of Apophyllite from the O&G Quarry in Southbury, CT. These specimen are some of the best quality examples of Apophyllite from any East Coast locality. This specimen features dozens of translucent / gemmy, lustrous, square blocky crystals of white / colorless crystals of Apophyllite measuring up to 7 mm on matrix. I found one spot on the piece featuring a small radiating soft green colored aggregate of Prehnite. The piece is very three-dimensional as you can see, and it's in superb condition with no major damage, only some edge wear where it was removed from the pocket. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.