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 rich chocolate brown colored "sheaf"-like crystals of Stilbite with minor Calcite. This color is rare for Stilbite from this locality. The specimen has good luster with nice translucency / gemminess, and actually looks nearly transparent when backlit in areas. 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 2012, and is really attractive for the locality and the species.