Okenite

  
Origin: Poona, India
Sample size: 27 x 24 x 16 mm
 
  
Okenite wiht gyrolite, laumontite and fluorapophyllite
Origin: Bombay, India
Sample size: 26 mm wide
 
  
  
Three, velvety-soft, snow-white okenite puffballs are adjacent to, two gem, very light amber calcite crystals attractively placed on the front of a pristine and aesthetic cluster of intergrown, snow-white gyrolite balls.
Origin: Malad Quarry #10, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 9.0 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Origin: Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Sample size: 17.5 x 12.5 x 10.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Okenite on chabazite
Origin: Stones Quarry, Aranga, Northlands, North Island, New Zealand
Sample size: fov 5 mm (top left), 3.5 mm (top right), 3 mm (bottom)
Photo: Sue Ericksson
Sample owner: Sue and Phil Ericksson
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Theo Kloprogge

 

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