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Epistilbite
- Dhindori quarry
- Talegaon
- Nashik District
- Maharashtra
- India
- 5.2 × 3.7 ×: 3.2 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Epistilbite is a hydrous calcium aluminosilcate, and a member of the zeolite group (Coombs et al., 1997). Rose (1826) differentiated this species from stilbite with careful goniometric measurements; the mineral name combines Greek root epi, near, with the mineral name stilbite.
Epistilbite forms a cluster of pink crystals, 1.7 cm across, in a quartz lined cavity in basalt. The epistilbite crystals have a pink tinge, likely form hematite. Local diggers carve these specimen out of hard matrix, leaving a rounded back. Attractive. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona.
Price: $125
Item code: MS1925
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