Stilbite
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Stilbite

Specimen # 102060
Mineral: Stilbite
Location: Stilbite, Cape Split, Blomidon Peninsula, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Size: 5.5 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm

Description

This chabazite-lined vug hosts sharp, lustrous stilbite crystals, both as groups and as standing individual blades. The stilbites are well-defined and exhibit the unusual colour typical of the best stilbites from these Cape Split finds. In excellent condition, one chip at the lower right (in the first photo) of the largest stilbite group.Stands perfectly for display as photographed. Very nice, three dimensional with the crystals in front of the cavity as well as inside it.

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Additional information

Dimensions 47 × 55 × 54 cm

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