Thomsonite (rare color - fine quality)

Item Description

Dating back to the early 2000s there were some great discoveries of the rare Zeolite species Thomsonite in Aurangabad, India. Most people are probably familiar with the rather smooth spheres that were found on naked basalt, but this specimen is different and excellent quality for the speices. Frankly these specimens don't get the attention they deserve for their size and quality! Outside of the New Jersey trap rocks, the Thomsonites from Aurangabad are arguably the finest examples of the species extant. This is a really fine quality display specimen featuring a pair of semi-velvety radiating spheres of Thomsonite with a very rarely seen reddish-brown color measuring up to 2.3 cm across sitting on a layer of beige Heulandite with a few associated white blades of Stilbite on matrix. The rich warm hue seen in the Thomsonite is virtually unheard of for the species, and the quality, balance and overall aesthetics of the piece are just wonderful. A lovely dispaly piece of one of the rarer zeolite species out there. No damage except for a tiny bit along the periphery / base where it was removed from the pocket wall. Priced in the inventory at $950.