Stilbite with Calcite (rare combo!) ex Chuck Houser Coll.

Item Description

A superb and very rare combination specimen for the locality featuring the best single stilbite crystal on a Himalaya Mine specimen I have seen available. The dominating sharp, robust crystal is 2.5 cm long. OK, so most of us don't rank the Himalaya as the #1 spot for zeolites, but that makes it all the more interesting. The association is great, too. The Himalaya Mine is so famous for its tourmalines, and they make up such a large percentage of what has come from there onto the market, that you really do not think about other fine mineral specimens from the mine that occasionally come out. Look at the elegant, starkly contrasting clusters of snow-white, bladed CALCITE. This superb combo specimen came out of the collection of Chuck Houser. A fine piece for a California zeolite or calcite collector! valued $250