Specimen #2285

Name: Mesolite Balls on Stilbite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 30.5 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2011-07-01

Source: Treasure Mountain Mining

Label: N

Comment: This specimen is a DRAMATIC GROUPING of silky white and colorless acicular MESOLITE CRYSTALS on peachy STILBITE. The needle-like crystals grow in a RADIATING CRYSTAL BALL HABIT, pointing outward in all directions. Gem clear crystals up to 1.6" in length 15 balls of radiating crystals set on a bed of peach orange stilbite

Minerals: Mesolite (Na₂Ca₂Al₆Si₉O_{30 8}(H₂O)) Stilbite

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Mesolite Balls on Stilbite, Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

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Mesolite Balls on Stilbite, Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

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Mesolite Balls on Stilbite, Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India