Nasik, Maharastra, India

12.5 x 7.8 x 6 cm
4.9 x 3.1 x 2.4 in

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This specimen has a tricolor aspect to it with straw yellow/tan colored Stilbite crystals at one end, a middle section of Apophyllite crystals which have a slight green tint and and then small white to clear colored Stilbite crystals on a light pink colored, unidentified material. The luster and transparency of each of the three colored areas is also different. The Stilbite has a glossy luster and is translucent, the Apophyllite is glassy and transparent in places and the pink material is opaque with no luster. An overall attractive and interesting specimen.

Condition: Good

Flaws: As mentioned, the termination of one of the crystals is cleaved. The other crystals have internal cleaves.

This mineral is also found in the following galleries: Minerals From Asia | Phyllosilicates | Zeolites | Minerals Priced Between 50 and 99 Dollars