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
$45

991 Allophane, Hemimorphite

Juanita Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Al₂O₃)(SiO₂)_1.3-2·2.5-3H₂O
3.5 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
$15

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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
$75

4596 Garnierite (Mix of Nickel Silicates likely containing Pecoraite)

Riddle Mine Riddle, Riddle District, Douglas Co., Oregon
6.8 x 5.9 x 4 cm
SOLD

3635 Chamosite Pseudomorph after Almandine

Spurr Mountain Mine, Imperial Heights, Baraga Co., Michigan
6.3 x 6.3 x 6.4 cm
$35

3371 Chamosite Pseudomorph after Almandine

Spurr Mountain Mine, Imperial Heights, Baraga Co., Michigan
5.2 x 4.7 x 4.8 cm
$35

2883 Cavansite

Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon
Type Location
Ex. Steve Pullman
7.2 x 6.4 x 1.2 cm
$25

1724 Chlorite

Newton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
$40

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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
$75

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5321 Garnierite (Mix of Nickel Silicates likely containing Pecoraite)

Riddle Mine Riddle, Riddle District, Douglas Co., Oregon
Ex. Steve Pullman
14.6 x 8 x 7.4 cm
SOLD

H

5273 Hallyosite in Quartz with Muscovite

Bjordam, Bamble (Bamle), Telemark, Norway
Al₂(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄ Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
6.4 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm
SOLD

4110 Hendricksite

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
Type Location
UV Fluorescent
K(Zn,Mg,Mn²⁺)₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Ex. Steve Pullman
11.1 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
$75

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6077 Kammererite - Chromian Clinochlore

Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
5.7 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
$75

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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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5984 Yellow Muscovite, Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil Mined 2005. 10.5 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm $90	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	642 Picture Mica Espera Feliz, Minas Gerais, Brazil 14.5 x 7.8 x 0.1 cm $20

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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
$30

O

2959 Orlymanite on Manganoan Calcite Stalacite

Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
Type Location
4.5 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
$150

2751 Okenite on Prehnite

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

P

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	5316 Prehnite Pseudomorphs Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde, Scotland Ex. H. R. McBroom, Acquired 1978 13.6 x 8.6 x 8.5 cm $100
5086 Prehnite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm $50	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	4423 Pipestone (Catlinite - a mix of Pyrophyllite and Muscovite) Barron County Pipestone Quarry near Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin 19.7 x 7.2 x 3.4 cm $50
4171 Prehnite Clifton, Passaic Co., New Jersey Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum 10.7 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm $90	863 Ball Prehnite Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA 4.8 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm $65	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

R

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
$35

S

4926 Sanbornite, Quartz

Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Fresno Co., California
Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀)
Ex. Steve Pullman
7 x 6.2 x 1.9 cm
$50

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

6078 Bicolor Beryl, Albite, Muscovite, minor Schorl Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.3 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm Beryl crystal measures 1.9 x 0.7 x 0.6 $70	5412 Aquamarine, Goethite Pseudomorph after Siderite, Biotite Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.6 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm $85	5215 Azurite and likely Tenorite, Chrysocolla and Chalcoalumite (TL) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona 5.3 x 4.3 x 3 cm $85
5191 Almandine Garnet in Schist Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 5.6 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm The largest crystal is 1.5 cm across. 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	3219 Adularia with Hematite Roses, Mica and Chlorite St. Gotthard, Switzerland 6.1 x 6.7 x 5.9 cm $60
6127 Albite variety: Clevelandite, Lepidolite Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.4 x 6.2 x 55.1 cm $50	5998 Corundum variety: Sapphire, Biotite , Quartz Elk Creek corundum deposit (Montana Mine; Gallatin deposit; Flying D), Gallatin Co., Montana Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman, Collected by C. Chesterman, 1944 8.6 x 7.2 x 4.1 cm $40	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	3585 Fluorite, Spessartine Garnet, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite, Microcline Tongbei, Fujian, China 8.9 x 2 x 2.2 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	5243 Spinel Twin Galena, Chlorite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite Septemvri mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 7.3 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm $50	4837 Garnet, Biotite with possible Cordierite and Cummingtonite Minas Gerais, Brazil 12 x 8 x 7.8 cm $50
3636 Grossular Garnet, Clinchlore Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy 6.6 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm $50	5970 Hedenbergite coated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5.4 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm $75	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 $75	5887 Lawsonite, Glaucophane Reed Station, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin Co., California Type Location CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O Ex, Steve Pullman from trade with California Academy of Sciences, March, 2003 3.9 x 2.8 x 2 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	6165 Precious Opal in Montmorillonite Virgin Valley, Humboldt Co., Nevada Ex, Steve Pullman 8.2 x 4.9 x 3.6 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	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	4503 Quartz with Included Hematite, Muscovite Fundao, Espirito Santo, Brazil 4.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm $45	4116 Double Terminated Quartz with Included Chlorite, Albite Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining Dist., Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm Largest crystal is 5.7 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm; Second largest crystal is 5.7 x 1.1 x 1. 2 cm $55
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 $30	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	4767 Rutile on Siderite with Muscovite Cleveland Co., North Carolina 5.6 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm $75
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 $1000	1160 Rutile Twinned variety Sagenite on Muscovite Boiling Springs, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA 5.1 x 4.6 x 2 cm $25
6171 Spessartine Garnet and Chlorite on Micrcline Tongbei, Fujian, China 7.6 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm $75	6161 Shattuckite, Malachite Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia 5.4 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm $85	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
2948 Spessartine Garnet, Muscovite, Quartz, Schorl Tourmaline Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 6.3 x 4.6 x 4.8 cm SOLD	1732 Stilbite, Apophyllite Lambert Quarry, Kings Valley, Benton Co., Oregon, USA 6.8 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm $20	6071 Tourmaline, Quartz, Lepidolite Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960s 7.5 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm $50
5945 Zoisite variety: Thulite, Fluorite, Mica, minor Beryl Westgard Pass, Inyo Co., California Ex. Steve Pullman 6.1 x 5.2 x 4.9 cm $35	5940 Indicolite Tourmaline with Hexagonal Lepidolite Karibib, Erongo, Namibia 2.6 x 2 x 1.9 cm $150	4856 Tantalite-(Mn), Zircon, Albite variety: Cleavelandite, Muscovite Rutherford No. 3 pegmatite (Rutherford Mines), Amelia Court House, Amelia Co., Virginia MnTa₂O₆ 10 x 6.5 x 4 cm Tantalite crystal measures 4 x 2.5 mm SOLD
4385 Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Goshenite, Albite Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.1 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm longest XL is 3.5 cm long $150	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	3505 Garnet in Schist location unkown 10.2 x 7.5 x 4.6 cm $25
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 $135

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