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Stilbite-Ca

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A classic and aesthetic zeolite specimen from the famous Prospect Park Quarry of New Jersey of a beautiful, lustrous, translucent, tan stilbite bowtie set on matrix with smaller stilbites. There are even three tiny prehnite crystals on the back of the bowtie. Showy and excellent material from the George Elling Collection.

Product details

SpeciesStilbite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.5 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityUSA, New Jersey, Prospect Park Quarry

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Stilbite
Mineral guide
Learn about Stilbite
a zeolite famed for bow-tie crystals, pastel colors from white to peach, formed in basalt cavities; prized for form, color, and provenance.
Stilbite
Regional guide
Stilbite from Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey, USA
Prospect Park stilbite, New Jersey — tan to cream bow-tie stilbite in basalt pockets, with datolite and laumontite, a notable Paterson district locality.