Apophyllite

Glassy tetragonal crystals lifted out of sealed gas pockets in the Deccan Trap basalt of Maharashtra arrive here as gem groups, discs, wide plates and golden calcite combinations.

Buy Apophyllite Specimens by the Crystal: Poona Emerald Groups, Jalgaon Plates on Pink Stilbite and Nasik Calcite Combinations

Apophyllite is a potassium calcium fluorine sheet silicate that crystallises in the tetragonal system, valued for glassy transparency and for the vanadium green of the finest Indian crystals. The species grew inside sealed gas cavities in the Deccan Trap basalt of Maharashtra, and Astro Gallery of Gems catalogues 29 apophyllite specimens taken from that ground. Every crystal group here is photographed alone and carries a price of its own, from a bi coloured gem cluster of a few hundred grams to a seventeen inch Jalgaon plate holding three inch double terminated crystals.

Which Apophyllite Forms Reach the Market, and What Does Each One Weigh?

Habit decides almost everything about an apophyllite purchase, since the same species arrives as a fist sized gem cluster or as a plate that needs two people to lift. The breakdown below covers the forms currently worked into this collection.

How Do You Read the Words on an Apophyllite Listing?

Where in Maharashtra Did Each Apophyllite Pocket Open?

Three quarry districts supply the apophyllite trade, and a buyer who knows which one produced a crystal already knows most of what to expect from its colour and its size.

What Should You Check on an Apophyllite Crystal Before Paying?

Apophyllite fails in four predictable places, and each of them is visible in the listing photographs long before the specimen reaches a shelf.

What Does an Apophyllite Specimen Cost Today?

Prices attach to individual crystals rather than to a rate per pound, because colour saturation and termination condition move value further than mass does. Each figure below is pulled live from the catalogue, and a sold crystal group disappears from the table instead of standing there as an unbuyable row.

Cabinet Group or Seventeen Inch Plate: Which Apophyllite Fits Your Space?

How Fragile Is Apophyllite Once It Reaches a Shelf?

Apophyllite sits between Mohs 4.5 and 5 with a perfect basal cleavage and a specific gravity near 2.35, so the threats at home are physical rather than chemical. Handle a specimen by the basalt beneath the crystals and never by a termination, then position it where sleeves, dusters and curtains cannot sweep across the tips. A soft sable brush or a puff of air removes dust safely while a cloth snags, and sudden temperature swings open internal cracks, so keep the piece away from radiators and leave any stilbite bed completely dry. Hydrochloric acid decomposes apophyllite outright, which rules out every acid based cleaning shortcut a collector might use on other species.

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Why Do Collectors and Interior Buyers Both Chase Green Apophyllite?

Two audiences reach the same crystal from opposite directions. Collectors treat Poona and Jalgaon as classic localities and build a Maharashtra suite around them, valuing a documented pocket above raw size. Interior buyers work the other way, choosing a wide Jalgaon plate for a mantel or a lit alcove because the emerald crystals throw green light back into a room in a way no framed object matches.

The metaphysical trade sells the same species under its own vocabulary, describing apophyllite as a high vibration crystal tied to the third eye and crown chakra and using it in Reiki practice. Astro Gallery sets down species, quarry district, weight and condition on every listing and asserts no health or energetic effect for a crystal. A gem plate also travels well as a milestone gift, and the itemised invoice records precisely what the recipient owns.

How Does a Cleavable Apophyllite Plate Survive the Journey?

Fragility writes the packing method before anything else on this page. Astro Gallery wraps each apophyllite termination on its own, seats the specimen in cut foam so the crystals hang clear instead of bearing on a face, and encloses that inner box in a second carton. Plates above ten pounds have the matrix braced so the mass stays put in transit, and the heaviest Jalgaon material moves as freight on a quotation issued before payment.

Astro Gallery books every parcel tracked and fully insured at declared value, prepares export customs paperwork for orders leaving the country, and issues an itemised invoice naming the specimen, its quarry district and its weight. Payment clears through Shop Pay, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa, Mastercard, Discover or Diners Club. The returns policy and the guarantee carried on every sale since 1961 attach to that invoice.

What Do Buyers Ask Before Ordering Apophyllite?

What Sits Next to Apophyllite in the Catalogue?

Apophyllite touches several other groups, so the decision worth making is whether you are following the pocket, the region or the display format into the next collection.