Scolecite exceptionally rare and visually striking raw Scolecite natural Indian Zeolite DK106

Features:

Primary Mineral: Scolecite
Secondary Mineral: Heulandite
Matrix: Basalt geode
Size: 4 x 7.5 inches (10.2 x 19.1 cm)
Size Class: Large Cabinet
Weight: 1,996 g (4.4 lb)
Locality: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

A dramatic geode specimen from Mumbai, its cavity lined with soft pink heulandite and filled with a dense forest of glassy, vertical scolecite spikes. The needles rise from the floor of the pocket and give the piece a strong, upright architecture.

Scolecite is the most familiar needle-forming zeolite of the Deccan basalts, and the pink heulandite lining adds warm color beneath the white spikes. Mumbai's quarries were an important early source of Indian zeolites.

At nearly 2 kg, it is a substantial, sculptural scolecite specimen for an advanced zeolite collection.