mineral general info

Stilbite

Brown pearly looking sheafs to 1.5 cm on light green prehnite crystals to 4 mm

Origin: Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm (2nd row), 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm (bottom)

Amber or orange coloured "spherostilbite" collected in 1960. Crystal aggregates to 5 mm.

Origin: Ferrante's Quarry, Rt. 202, Bernardsville, Morris Co., New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 4 cm

Light tan crystal aggregate to 1.2 cm on white micro crystals of barite. Original tag says this is a rare association. Collected in 1960.
Origin: Millington, Watchung Range, Sommerset Co., New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

Orange crystal aggregates to 4 mm on calcite

Origin: Houdaille Stone Quarry, Montclair, Passaic Co., New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm

Snow white large crystal of stilbite to 3.5 cm, bow-tie habit on micro chalky white laumontite

Origin: Sowerbutt's Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 4 cm

Light orange crystal aggregates to 2 cm in a large pocket with light green prehnite with white calcite. Collected in 1960.
Origin: Weldon's Quarry (Fanwood Quarry), Scotch Plains, Union Co., New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Tom Loomis

Stilbite on quartz on basalt

Stilbite on quartz on basalt

Specimen showcasing sharp, doubly-twinned calcite crystals in a cluster perched atop a 4.5-cm stark white stilbite crystal

Origin: Sambava, Ansiranana, Madagascar

Sample size: 9.5 x 8.2 x 4.1 cm (top), 5.9 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm (2nd row), 4.5 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm (bottom)

Origin: Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Ex. Gary Hansen collection

Sample size: 7.8 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm

This is a complete rhombohedron of calcite with a coating of snowy quartz (pseudomorph), upon which shimmering, light pink bowties of stilbite have grown.

Origin: Jalgaon, India

Sample size: 6.8 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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