Scolecite Sprays Natural Mineral Specimen # B 5197

Features:

Primary Mineral: Scolecite
Size: 7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Size Class: Large Cabinet
Weight: 448 g (15.8 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Year of Discovery: 2021

A large, open cabinet specimen of intergrown jackstraw scolecite from the 2021 Nashik finds. Glassy prisms, clear to translucent and lightly iridescent, extend in every direction to build a full, three-dimensional cluster nearly 18 cm across.

Jackstraw scolecite, where the prisms cross at random angles rather than radiating from one point, is less common than the usual sprays and gives the piece interest from every side. Despite its size it weighs under half a kilogram, a sign of how open the structure is.

Nashik district is one of the major zeolite sources of the Deccan Traps, and this is a strong, display-sized example of its scolecite.