Powellite on Stilbite
Unknown Owner
Powellite is perhaps the most rare and desired of the more uncommon members of India's mineral suite, and this is a massively impressive display specimen with a huge 5-cm-tall crystal perched in a nest of beautiful ivory colored stilbite crystals. The crystals of powellite from this pocket, which only produced a handful of specimens in the end of 2019, are remarkable: fine, lustrous and translucent, golden crystals of powellite. This was the largest of the pocket, measuring 5 cm in length. The powellite crystal fluoresces a bright yellow. The photos speak for themselves, and yet it is better in person as the rich color and gemminess is hard to convey at the same time.
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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.8 x 7.7 x 7.0 cm
Added on10/23/2024
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| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2024 | Unknown Owner | Not disclosed |
| — | The Arkenstone | Not disclosed |
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a zeolite famed for bow-tie crystals, pastel colors from white to peach, formed in basalt cavities; prized for form, color, and provenance.
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