Stilbite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Item Description

The famous Prospect Park Quarry is one of the most impressive (and under appreciated) Zeolite localities in the world. This quarry has produced some amazing specimens in the last 100 years. This specimen features a rich brown / honey-colored Stilbite "bow tie" that is comprised of dozens of "sheaf"-like crystals measuring up to 3.0 cm. The specimen has very good luster with great translucency / gemminess, and actually looks nearly transparent when backlit at the thick part of the bow tie. Sadly, this great New Jersey locality is being filled in for a housing development (like so many of the great Trap Rock localities in this area), and pieces like this one will be never be collected again. This piece came out in 2014, and is really attractive for the locality and the species. Several smaller "blades" of Stilbite and some attached matrix make for an eye-catching touch.