AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from India > Epistilbite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81260 |
Mineral: | Epistilbite |
Locality: | Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India |
Description: | Lustrous translucent colorless (pale gray) epistilbite crystals in fan-shaped radial formations on greenish basalt. Epistilbite, CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O, is an uncommon zeolite mineral, and is a dimorph of goosecreekite, Ca[Al2Si6O16] · 5H2O, also uncommon. |
Overall Size: | 3.5x3x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-18 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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