Thomsonite with Stilbite - Rare Find Natural Mineral Specimen from Nashik, India # B 5846

Features:

Primary Mineral: Thomsonite
Secondary Mineral: Stilbite
Size: 4 x 3 inches (10.2 x 7.6 cm)
Size Class: Cabinet
Weight: 175 g (6.2 oz)
Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Dark amber-brown thomsonite balls packed together on a base of cream stilbite blades, from Nashik, presented on a clear stand. The deep, honeyed color of the balls is richer than the usual yellow material, and the pale stilbite shows between them. Condition is excellent.

Thomsonite is one of the less common zeolites of the Deccan basalts. In Nashik it typically forms rounded balls of radiating fibers, and darker tones like these are a distinctive variation.

A light cabinet example at 175 g.