more on Apophyllite

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This site says that it isn't really a mineral??? Linda...send that Reiki

fast <G>

 

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/apophyll/apophyll.htm

Apophyllite, whose name roughly means " to leaf apart " in Greek, is a

mineral classic. It was given its name because crystals tend to peel or

flake apart when they are heated due to the loss of water molecules.

Although not that well-known by the general public, apophyllite is quite

popular among mineral collectors. It is probably the first exotic mineral

that a young collector will own after filling up on specimens of calcite,

quartz, pyrite, galena, mica, fluorite, gypsum, apatite, etc, etc. After

these common minerals, apophyllite seems like a real rarity and it offers

so much to the collector. It has beauty, pastel colors, a bright luster,

interesting well formed habits, unusual associations with other exotic

minerals and recently large amounts of quality specimens have become

available at amazingly low prices from just a decade ago. What more could a

collector want in a mineral?

Unfortunately, apophyllite is not a mineral ! Not officially at least.

Apophyllite is a general term for three official minerals that are similar

in their chemistry and physical properties. Apophyllite is not the only

mineral err . . . non-mineral that this has happened to; see these

non-minerals: apatite, olivine, serpentine and chlorite. Below is a

comparison of the three official apophyllite minerals.

 

 

Chris Kelly

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, Chris Kelly <Ckelly@v...> wrote:

> This site says that it isn't really a mineral??? Linda...send that

Reiki fast <G>...

 

What more could a collector want in a mineral? Unfortunately,

apophyllite is not a mineral ! Not officially at least. Apophyllite

is a general term for three official minerals that are similar in

their chemistry and physical properties. Apophyllite is not the only

mineral err . . . non-mineral that this has happened to; see these

non-minerals: apatite, olivine, serpentine and chlorite. Below is a

comparison of the three official apophyllite minerals.

 

 

 

LOLOL, {{{{{{{Chris}}}}}} Sorry, don't mean to laught -- chuckling

away,... What they are saying is that " apophyllite " is not a mineral

class, in and of itself, since there are three separate varieties

that make up AApophyllite. It's a mineral -- it's just " technical " ..

LOLOL -- Sorry to laugh -- ROTW!!!! LOL (You made my night!!!)

Love, Linda