Cavansite on Stilbite

Wagholi, near Bombay, India
Small Cabinet, 8.2 x 6.7 x 4.6 cm
Start Time: 04/14/2009 8:15:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/28/2009 8:15:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This is a SUPER cavansite, beyond the norm, with a 3.5-cm-across cluster of deepest blue cavansite crystalsclustered into tightly packed spherical aggregates, all on contrasting matrix of sparkling white stilbite crystals. While cavansite per se is certainly common, concentrated, large clusters like this are more rare and usually go for $2000-2500. However, I have seen few of this size in recent years, comapred to smaller clusters spaced further apart. The color blue here is intense, not like other mineral species and really shocking, when you see concentrated in a cluster of such rich size

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