Stilbite Red Natural Mineral Specimen # B 5833

Features:

Primary Mineral: Stilbite (red)
Size: 6 x 3 inches (15.2 x 7.6 cm)
Size Class: Large Cabinet
Weight: 435 g (15.3 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

A cluster of vivid red-orange stilbite sheaves and bowties from Nashik, colored deep red by a heavy deposit of iron, and presented on a clear stand. The sheaves branch outward in an irregular, sculptural group with a satiny luster.

Stilbite is usually white, cream or peach. Iron oxide included in or coating the crystals produces this red color, and strongly colored examples like this one stand out among the more common pale material.

A distinctive large-cabinet specimen of red stilbite.