Features:
Primary Mineral: Chalcedony
Secondary Minerals: Apophyllite, Stilbite
Size: 11 x 6.4 inches
Weight: 4,170 g
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Step into the rare and dramatic side of the Deccan Traps with this museum-grade mineral association featuring sparkling black-to-charcoal chalcedony, peach stilbite, and blocky apophyllite crystals. Hand-selected from the volcanic pockets of Nashik, India, this large cabinet plate showcases a highly unusual, heavily textured layer of microcrystalline black chalcedony that glitters brilliantly like sugar druzy under light.
Perched atop this dark, starry field are contrasting crystal islands: two distinct clusters of blush-peach stilbite displaying their classic pearly luster, set against sharp, water-clear, blocky cubic apophyllite crystals. Chalcedony with this deep, sparkling charcoal coloration is scarce in the Indian zeolite fields, making this high-contrast, three-mineral combination an elite piece for advanced mineral collectors and a sophisticated addition to modern home décor.
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As the world's largest exporter of Indian zeolites, Superb Minerals brings the world one-of-a-kind collector specimens that have unrivaled quality. Each piece is as the day it was discovered in the Indian Earth, unaltered, from the mines of Maharashtra to your hands. This is why museums around the world display our specimens, including the Smithsonian and the Harvard Mineralogical and Geological Museum.
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