7jklrins ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after APOPHYLLITE)), $150 MINIMUM BID, Summer Storm Claim, Challis, Custer County, Idaho, 21 x 16 x 7.5 cm, Large Cabinet | |
Color of crystals are white with a bit of grey, not the white to brown as seen in the photo. Here is a large cabinet specimen with large crystals to 5.5 cm of Apophyllite now pseudomorphed to Quartz. No damage. These we a small find in 2005. These crystalized in the gas bubbles in the volcanic rock. The volcanic rock weathered and broke down living the gas bubbles as geode. The backside is the rounded rind of a geode. ex Lanny Ream collection. estimated value $500 to $700 |