Astrophyllite
Astrophyllite is a rare titanium mineral that typically forms as thin bladed, radiating patterns. Its crystalline formation, or ‘habit’, gives this mineral its name, from the Greek words astro meaning “star” or “heavens” and phyllon meaning “leaf”. Its name translated means “star sheets” and probably is in allusion to the intergrown starlike aggregates that it … Continue reading Astrophyllite