Mesolite & Fluorapophyllite

Palabora mine, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Cabinet, 11.4 x 9.4 x 6.4 cm
Start Time: 01/19/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/23/2014 6:34:35 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Snow-white mesolite lathes are festooned the large matrix covered with glassy, translucent, colorless, pseudocubic fluorapophyllite crystals to 1.3 cm. Part of the underlying matrix is banded mint-green prehnite. A very showy, excellent and uncommon large example of the combination species from this noted large open pit mine.

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