Stilbite

  

Stilbite on tourmaline

Origin: Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.7 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm

 

  

  

Specimen of a highly lustrous 3.0 cm salmon-pink stilbite blade and lustrous, striated, transparent to translucent and colorless blocky apophyllite crystals on a bed of sparkly, colourless and stalactitic druzy quartz.

  

Stilbite on apophyllite

Origin: Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 19.0 x 11.0 x 7.5 cm (top/2nd row), 19.0 x 14.5 x 6.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

Origin: Jewell Tunnel, Poona, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 18.0 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm

 

  

Stilbite with apophyllite on heulandite

Origin: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 9.9 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm

 

  

Stilbite on heulandite

Origin: Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm

 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Eas a Bradain, Luib, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK

Sample size: 0.75 mm crystal spray

Owner: Steve Rust

 

  

Origin: Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK

Sample size: 2.5 mm crystal group on chabazite (left), 2 mm crystal on chabazite (right)

Owner: Christine Rust

 

Origin: Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK

Sample size: area 3 mm, with chabazite

Owner: Steve Rust

 

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