Apophyllite Natural Mineral From Pune Pashan Hill Maharashtra State India
Size-
10.3cm x 7.2cm x 4.9cm
Weight-
319g
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Crystal system- Tetragonal
Habits- Pseudo-cubic rectangular prisms,pyramidal /dipyramidal terminations or tabular aggregates.
Hardness- 4.5-5 on the MOHs scale
Mineral class- Phyllosilicate
Rock formation and geology:
Environment- secondary mineral forms in amygdaloidal cavities,vugs and vesicles within igneous and volcanic rocks like basalt and flood basalts.
Process-Crystallization occurs at low temperatures from hot,alkaline silica and calcium rich hydrothermal fluids and groundwater moving through cooling volcanic rock cavities.
