Scolecite Sprays Inside Heulandite Geode Natural Mineral Specimen # B 6283

Features:

Primary Mineral: Scolecite
Secondary Mineral: Heulandite
Size: 4.5 x 3.5 inches (11.4 x 8.9 cm)
Size Class: Cabinet
Weight: 530 g (18.7 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

A gray basalt geode from Nashik opening to a peach heulandite lining, with long, glassy white scolecite blades fanning across the cavity from one side. Damage is virtually absent, and the dark shell frames the warm interior.

Scolecite takes its name from the Greek word for worm, after the way its crystals curl when heated. In the Deccan basalts it grows as fine radiating needles, and those sheltered inside heulandite-lined cavities are the ones that survive intact.

A well-proportioned cabinet geode.