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Stilbite with Chabazite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
- Luck Stone Quarry, Bealeton, Fauquier County, Virginia
- Miniature, 3.8 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
- Start Time: 06/27/2013 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/03/2013 6:47:42 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A rarely seen specimen of Stilbite from the Luck Quarry in Virginia featuring rich golden yellow color radiating aggregates which are associated with minor Chabazite on matrix. The largest radiating Stilbite group measures 7 mm across. The piece is from the Allen V. Heyl Collection, who was a friend of a the Kosnar family and for whom the species Aheylite was named.