Mesolite from Deshgaon, Khandwa District, Madhya Pradesh, India
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 90067
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| Mineral: | Mesolite
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| Locality: | Deshgaon, Khandwa District, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Description: | Large specimen of lustrous transparent colorless mesolite crystals with red core caused by iron-oxide impurities (not thomsonite as originally reported) on gray basalt. The mesolite formed in thin, hair-like crystals radiating from central cores. New at Tucson 2023 |
| Overall Size: | 9x5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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