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What is an apophyllite?

What is an apophyllite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate of potassium and calcium.
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This calcite typically overgrows quartz and crystallizes before heulandite, stilbite, and apophyllite.
Although very beautiful, most Indian apophyllite is colorless.
The nonzeolites apophyllite, calcite, and quartz commonly occur at many localities.
Apophyllite is seldom seen except in comprehensive collections.
The most recent find was a spectacular nodular formation of green apophyllite on white petal-shaped stilbite, discovered last year.
Good specimens of sperrylite with apophyllite, prehnite, thaumasite, and calcite are reported.

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