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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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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

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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
SOLD

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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

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6241 Star Muscovite Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm $30	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 SOLD
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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2751 Okenite on Prehnite

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

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6681 Prehnite Pseudomorphs after Anhydrite, Stilbite, Calcite

Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
Ex. E. Morales from ALW Collections, 1996
4.8 x 4 x 3.6 cm
$30

6625 Parsettensite variety: Errite

Parsettens Alp, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Valley, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Type Location
(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉ Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O
Ex. John Melhase prior to 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
$45

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
SOLD

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

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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
SOLD

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

6754 Analcime, Copper, Datolite, Chlorite Osceola Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm $50	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
3840 Adularia with Included Chlorite Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan 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 SOLD
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	6749 Fluorapaite, Bertrandite, Albite, Musovite Faira Mine, Golconda dist., Governador Valaderas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 3.9 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm Largest Apatite crystal is 2.5 mm long. $40	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	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	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
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	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	6756 Spessartine Garnet variety: Hessonite, Smoky Quartz, Microcline, Muscovite, Chlorite Tongbei, Fujian, China 8.7 x 3.2 x 3.7 cm $85	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
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	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
6685 Titanite, Tourmaline, Albite, Ripidolite, Rutile Pizzo Campo Tencia, Lepontine Alps, Ticino, Switzerland Ex. Norm Woods 4.4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm SOLD	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

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