Phyllosilicate Specimens Gallery M&W Minerals

Phyllosilicates Gallery

Phyllosilicate are composed of rings of SiO₄ tetrahedrons joined together by the Oxygen ions with other tetrahedrons in a two dimensional plane. Because of the shared Oxygen, the ratio of O to Si is less than 4 to 1. There are a large number of members in this class of Silicates.

This includes the Mica group (Muscovite, Lepidolite, Biotite, Phlogopite and others) the Clay group (Talc, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrophyllite, Vermiculite, Glauconite and others) the Chlorite sub-group of clays (Clinochlore, Cookeite, indeterminant Chlorite and others), Apophyllite, Gyrolite, Prehnite, Chrysocolla, Cavansite, Ajoite, Papagoite, Carletonite, the Serpentine group (inderminate Serpentine, Antigorite, Lizardite and others) and still others

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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3931 Ajoite Crystals on Rhyolite

New Cornelai Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona
Type Location
(K,Na)Cu₇AlSi₉O₂₄(OH)₆·3H₂O
9.8 x 7.5 x 3.9 cm
$25

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6510 Biotite (likely Fluorophlogopite), minor Willemite

Franklin Mining Districrt, Sussex Co., New Jersey
Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department, Specimen #UM2272
14.2 x 9 x 7.3 cm
SOLD

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6584 Clinochlore, Grossular Garnet variety: Hessonite

Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
6.7 x 6.9 x 5 cm
SOLD

5460 Chrysocolla Pseudomoprh after Selenite

Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek Dist., Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona
from 1976 find, Ex. Flying Pan Minerals, Ex. Storm Mountain Minerals, Ex. Paul Cowan
2.9 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
SOLD

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5392 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Pyrite on Double Terminated Quartz

Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
5 x 2.8 x 3.2 cm
$50

5127 Fluorapophyllite, Stilbite

Nasik, Maharastra, India
12.5 x 7.8 x 6 cm
$75

5125 Fluorapophyllite, Stilbite

Nasik, Maharastra, India
9.5 x 8.4 x 6.5 cm
$35

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6493 Gillespite in Sanbornite Polished Egg

El Rosario, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico
BaFe²⁺Si₄O₁₀ in Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀)
10 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
$150

H

3156 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) on Calcite

Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.2 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
$100

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6152 Latiumite

Cava di Campagnano, Campagnano di Roma, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Prov., Latium, Italy
(Ca,K)₄(Si,Al)₅O₁₁(SO₄,CO₃
Ex. Steve Pullman, Purchased 1990
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
$35

5839 Triangular Bicolor Lepidolite in Quartz and Albite Matrix

Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 7.3 x 9.7 cm
$25

3440 Bicolor Lepidolite

Aracuai, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.2 x 6.6 x 0.7 cm
$75

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6374 Chrysocolla Pseudomoprh after Malachite, Micro Crystals of Dioptase

Bonanza Mine (Harquahala Mine), Martin Peak, Salome, Little Harquahala Dist., Little Harquahala Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona
Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. Fraziers
9.9 x 7 x 5.6 cm
labeled as Bisbeeite
$45

6306 3 Specimen Suite of Mariposite from 3 California locations - 1) Mariposite in Sericite, 2) Mariposite, 3) Mariposite, Quartz

1) San Francisquito Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California; 2) Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., California; 3) Mariposa Co., California
1) Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department; 2) Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department, 1946; 3) Collected by John Siebel, c. 2000
6.4 x 3.5 x 0.5 cm
Size is for specimen from LA county
SOLD

6241 Star Muscovite

Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.9 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm
$30

5984 Yellow Muscovite, Quartz

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mined 2005.
10.5 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm
SOLD

5983 Muscovite, Titanite, Albite, Chlorite, Hematite

Cavagnoli glacier area, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
5.2 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
$30

5359 Macdonaldite, Sanbornite, likely Traskite

Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California
Type Location
BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂·10H₂O, BaSi₂O₅
Ex. Robert Walstrom, Ex. David Garske, Ex. Steve Pullman
5 x 4 x 3 cm
$25

5009 Star Muscovite, Quartz

Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 x 5.6 x 5.7 cm
$75

4779 Star Muscovite

Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 4.9 x 3.6 cm
$35

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4711 Neotocite variety: Penwithite

Noda-Tamagawa mine, Noda-mura, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO₃·H₂O
Ex. Steve Pullman, purchased from Fraziers, Feb. 1990
5.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
measurement is for the bottle
SOLD

O

2751 Okenite on Prehnite

Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
17.3 x 13.8 x 3.5 cm
$85

P

6239 Prehnite with minor Epidote Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm $200	5997 Palygorskite, Calcite with Included Hematite Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway Ex. Steve Pullman 7.1 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm $50	5917 Prehnite Crystals Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada 4.7 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm $50
4606 Petalite Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Donated in 1975 by M. S. Gensberg 7.2 x 5.2 x 3 cm $45	4451 White Prehnite Crystal Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada Ex. Steve Pullman 2.7 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm $25	863 Ball Prehnite Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA 4.8 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm $50
369 Prehnite Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania 2.9 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm $50

Q

4496 Double Terminated Quartz on Prehnite on White Banded Agate

Fairfax Co., Virginia
Ex. Kirk Valuet
6.6 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
$35

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

6452 Amethyst Flower with Calcite Crystals, Celandonite Irai, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 11.9 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm $85	6242 Stalactitic Amethyst, Clear/White Quartz, Celadonite Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 7.1 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm $45	5412 Aquamarine, Goethite Pseudomorph after Siderite, Biotite Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.6 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm SOLD
3840 Adularia with Included Chlorite Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan 5.7 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm $50	6472 Corundum (Sapphire), Albite-Anorthite Series, Biotite Gallatin Co., Montana Ex. R. Gannon 10 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm $40	6550 Dravite in Biotite Schist Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil 17.6 x 14.4 x 8 cm $50
6074 Djuerlite, Muscovite, Quartz, possible Langite and/or Malachite Naesmark Mine, Amdals Verk, Tokke, Telemark, Norway Cu₃₁S₁₆ Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.4 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm $40	6051 Yellow with Purple Edging Datolite with Greenstone (Pumpellyite-Mg) and Chlorite Keweenaw Point, High Rock Bay area, Keweenaw Co., Michigan 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.7 cm $450	5063 Ferberite, Double Terminated Quartz, Muscovite, Hematite, minor Scheelite Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 8.8 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm $150
6424 Graphite, Stilpnomelane variety: Ferristilpnomelane, Pyrite Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California Ex. Steve Pullman 7.7 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm $45	6263 Galena with Twinned Crystals, Pyrite, Chlorite, Quartz Gyudyurska Mine, Zlatograd, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 7.4 x 4.5 x 4.8 cm SOLD	5357 Goshenite with Included Albite on Micrcline with Muscovite and Tourmaline Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm Largest Goshen crystal measures 1.3 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm $150
4837 Garnet, Biotite with possible Cordierite and Cummingtonite Minas Gerais, Brazil 12 x 8 x 7.8 cm $50	6491 Inesite, Apophyllite, Sphalerite, Galena 19th level, Zinc Corporation Mine, Southern operations mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Ca₂(Mn,Fe)₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O 1960s 11 x 7.5 x 5.9 cm $200	5844 Kinoite Included in Calcite, Orange Prehnite Knife River, St. Luois Co., Minnesota Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O 8.1 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm $75
4912 Kyanite, Quartz, Muscovite Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 18.7 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm SOLD	5221 " Lodolite " Quartz - Unidentified Inclusions Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.8 x 6 x 4.7 cm $50	4360 Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Albite, Chamosite Moat Mountain, Carroll Co., New Hampshire 10.6 x 9.7 x 6.2 cm $50
5390 Natrolite, Analcime, Prehnite, Pumpellyite, Datolite?, Calcite, Hematite? Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm $35	5847 Lodolite (Included) Quartz - Partially Oxidized Chlorite Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.7 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm $30	5846 Quartz with Included Chlorite Vara Superiori, Liguria, Italy Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1979 10.6 x 3.6 x 4.9 cm The longest crystal is 2 cm long. $50
5471 Quartz, Albite variety: Pericline, Muscovite, minor Hematite and Chlorite Tyrol, Austria 7.6 x 4.8 x 5.7 cm $30	4061 Quartz with Included Chlorite and 'Sand' Minas Gerais, Brazil 9.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm $75	3543 Quartz with Chlorite Phantoms Minas Gerais, Brazil 9 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm SOLD
6176 Rutile and Muscovite variety: Fuchsite Included in Phantom Quartz Junco district, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 10.6 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm $75	6145 Rose Quartz Crystals and Muscovite on Quartz Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2.9 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm $30	6038 Rhodochrosite, Elpidite, Leifite, Calcite, Albite Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Elpidite - Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O, Leifite - Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂ 5.1 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm $150
4888 Rutialted Quartz with Hematite and Kaolinite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 5 x 3 x 2.4 cm $100	4264 Ruby Corundum, Biotite Mysore District, Karnataka, India Ex. Hoisinger collection 4.6 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm 77 g $75	3825 Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Minor Muscovite Rose Quartz crystal locality (Pegmatite 24), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine 8.3 x 12.9 x 7.2 cm SOLD
6555 Stilbite, Prehnite, Laumontite West Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey Ex. John Melhase, 1938 or older, donated to California Academy of Sciences in 1962 then traded to Steve Pullman in 1978 3.6 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm SOLD	6288 Fluorapophyllite Crystals on Scolecite Crystals Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India 8.9 x 1.6 x 2.6 cm The 3rd dimension includes the side crystal. The width of the specimen without the side crystal is 1 cm and the main crystal is 0.5 cm in thickness. $35	6171 Spessartine Garnet Crystals on Microcline Tongbei, Fujian, China 7.6 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm
6083 Green and Brown Siderite Crystals, Muscovite, Albite, Quartz Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry, Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 4.5 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm $25	5972 Shigaite, Caryopilite, Rhodochrosite, Barite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Shigaite: Mn₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O , Caryopilite: Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ 6.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm The largest Shigaite crystal is 4 mm across. $200	5894 Spessartine Garnet and Chlorite Coated Muscovite on Microcline Tongbei, Fujian, China 6.8 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm $50
5145 Smoky Quartz, Orhoclase Coated with Hematite and Chlorite with Minor Pyrite Sheahan Brothers Granite Quarry, Graniteville, Iron Co., Misssouri 8.1 x 5.4 x 3.9 cm $85	5107 Scheelite on Muscovite Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Pref., Sichuan Prov., China 8.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm The edges of the largest crystals measures 13 mm in length. $75	4668 Spessartine Garnet, Quartz, Muscovite Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 6.8 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm $275
4447 Spessartine Garnet, Albite and Muscovite Shengus, Gilgit-Skardu Road, Northern Area, Pakistan 9.4 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm The spessartine crystal is 1.8 cm. $150	6071 Tourmaline, Quartz, Lepidolite Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960s 7.5 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm $50	4118 Traskite, Sanbornite, Gillespite, Pyrite, Quartz Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Fresno Co., California Ba₂₁Ca(Fe²⁺,Mn,Ti)₄(Ti,Fe,Mg)₁₂(Si₁₂O₃₆)(Si₂O₇)₆(O,OH)₃₀Cl₆·14H₂O, Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀) Ex. Steve Pullman 7.1 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm $50
6519 Scapolite variety: Wernerite Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada Ex. Ed Coleman from Charles Ward 19 x 15.3 x 14 cm $100	6466 Wodginite, Quartz, Albite, minor Muscovite Itatia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈ 4.8 x 2.9 x 3.4 cm $75	2035 Zirconolite, Fluorapatite, Richterite, Augite, Phlogopite, Perovskite Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ca,Fe,Y,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta,Zr)O₄ 6.8 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm $100

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