APOPHYLLITE FROM HUANGSHI, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA, AND ITS ASSOCIATED MINERALS

Apophyllite from Huangshi, Hubei Province, China, is different from apophyllite from Poona, India in crystal form. lt varies in forms of crystal and plentiful colours, It is associated with many kinds of mineral crystals, such as parsettensite datolite, witherite, zeolite and amethyst which have typical gemmological characters. They have high value not only in enjoyment and collection, but also in research in minerology and gemmology.