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3.5" Peach Stilbite Crystals on Chalcedony - India
This wonderful specimen contains pink stilbite crystals that formed from a chalcedony encrusted matrix. This crystal cluster was collected from Maharashtra, India. It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Stilbite is probably the most common zeolite found in these deposits. Crystals often form flowery, bowtie or hourglass shaped structures and come in a variety of colors. Some of the most beautiful colorations are the pink or peach tints.
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Stilbite is probably the most common zeolite found in these deposits. Crystals often form flowery, bowtie or hourglass shaped structures and come in a variety of colors. Some of the most beautiful colorations are the pink or peach tints.
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Chalcedony is any microcrystalline variety of silica composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and mogánite: microcrystalline minerals have microscopic crystals that cannot be observed by the naked eye. Both quartz and mogánite have the same chemical formula SiO2 (silicon dioxide), but different crystal structures. When free from impurities, chalcedony is colorless and transparent. Depending on impurities present during formation, chalcedony can form in a wide variety of colors including red, yellow, green, blue, purple, grey, white, and numerous hues in between. Chalcedony is quite hard at 7 on the Mohs Hardness Scale: this matches its main component quartz, which is the benchmark mineral for the scale at 7.
SPECIES
Stilbite & Quartz var. Chalcedony
LOCATION
Maharashtra, India
SIZE
3.5 x 1.9"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#135822
