Thomsonite with Stilbite - Rare Find Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, India # B 5784

Features:

Primary Mineral: Thomsonite
Secondary Mineral: Stilbite
Size: 2 x 1.5 inches (5.1 x 3.8 cm)
Size Class: Miniature
Weight: 60 g (2.1 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

A single, well-formed golden-yellow thomsonite ball sitting on a base of cream-colored stilbite blades, from Nashik. The velvety sphere dominates the miniature and contrasts with the glassy stilbite below. Condition is excellent.

Thomsonite is one of the less common zeolites of the Deccan basalts. In Nashik it typically forms small, rounded balls of radiating fibers, and the warm yellow color here is a distinctive variation on the usual white.

A neat miniature at 60 g.