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Chabazite var. Phacolite (fluorescent) ex Barstow Coll. viewBack to WEEKLY MIXED MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - HUGE SET, Ends July 15

Craigahullia Quarry, Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Starting Time:7/10/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
  • Ending Time:7/15/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:7.4 x 6.4 x 5.9 cm
  • Size Description:Small Cabinet

Description:Phacolite is the uncommon lens-shaped variety of chabazite due to twinning/multiple twinning of rhombohedrons. This rare specimen features glassy, amber phacolite crystals filling and lining numerous vugs in th basaltic matrix. It hails from the much less well-known Craigahullia Quarry on Northern Ireland. Ex Richard Barstow Collection. STRONG orange fluorescence.