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Chabazite var. Phacolite (Ordway Coll.)
- Gads Hill, Upper Mersey Valley, Tasmania, Australia
- Cabinet, 13.0 x 10.7 x 4.0 cm
- Start Time: 03/17/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/22/2012 6:31:42 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Glassy and lustrous, colorless, chabazite variety phacolite crystals fully line a large, sculptural and deep vug in lightweight volcanic tuff matrix on this excellent and very showy large piece from well-known Gads Hill, Tasmania. Phacolite is a lens-shaped variety of chabazite, due to twinning/multiple twinning of the rhombohedrons. Ex Al Ordway Collection. a LARGE plate of this material!