Okenite

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A DRAMATIC, LARGE CABINET hollow vug lined with snow-white, soft to the touch, felt-like, fibrous okenite puffballs to 3 cm in basalt matrix from the Bombay area of India. This is a particulary large and showy specimen. The balls are nestled and protected...these make for jawdropping showpieces to friend sand family are are not so deep into minerals, when you explain that the crystals are so fine, they feel just like the cotton puffs they look like. 17.5 x 12.5 x 10.5 cm