Large Apophyllite on Datolite geode (Stanchich Coll.)

Millington Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey
Large Cabinet, 15.8 x 9.3 x 8.3 cm
Start Time: 03/23/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/30/2017 6:33:57 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Glassy, translucent, light mint-green prehnite crystals fill a dramatic, large scupltural geode on this exceptional example from this famous and extinct (2007) New Jersey traprock quarry. The prehnites are peppered with hard-to-see tiny white apophyllite crystals adding character. Choice and uncommon style large prehnite from the John Geiges and Eric Stanchich Collections and collected by James Zigras in December, 2006. A must for the locality or species collector.

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