Fluorapophyllite-(K) (Currier Coll.)

Item Description

An outstanding, textbook, 7.1 cm, very glassy, lustrous, doubly terminated tetragonal apophyllite crystal has striking sharp transparent to translucent colorless pyramidal terminations above the translucent very light mint-green midsection. The crystal is beautifully and aesthetically flanked by clusters of smaller apophyllites that includes a couple of small light pink stilbite blades on either side. Ex Rock Currier Collection No. 6502. Rock (1940-2015) is one of the most prominent mineral dealers and well-known author and lecturer of this era. His worldwide exploits obtaining mineral specimens are legendary. See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/currierrock/ for more of his fascinating story. An exquisite, well-constructed and classic Jalgaon apophyllite from a famous collection - in fact, the guy who imported the most of all!