Astrophyllite Palm Stone

Astrophyllite palm stone that weighs 1.1 ounce and measures 1.49 inches by 1.81 inches by 0.36 inch thick. Astrophyllite is a fairly rare mineral.  It is often blackish, but sometimes brown and even golden-brown.  It has a nice weight because of its mineral composition and makes a wonderful palm stone to hold during meditation.   Even though it is heavy for its size, it is also somewhat fragile because it crystallizes in the form of blades.   Astrophyllite meaning: It is named after two Greek words: άστρον or astron for star and φύλλον or phyllon for leaf.  This name captures the structure of the crystal in that the blade shapes radiate out from a center like a star and the blades do look like crystal leaves. It is very shiny because there are little matrices of light - aka felsic (igenous) - in the layers of the stone.  It is both opaque and translucent because there are some layers that are transparent. What would eventually be named Astrophyllite was discovered in Låven, Norway,