Thomsonite "Mickey Mouse"

Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Small Cabinet, 5.4 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 05/24/2018 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/31/2018 6:32:28 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Mickey Mouse in Thomsonite! The aesthetically intergrown spherical balls of radiating acicular creamy crystals with the surface texture of fine-grained sandpaper look just like the head and different sized ears of the famous cartoon character! Thomsonite is rare relative to other Zeolite Group species from Maharashtra and this is a fine example. These came from an important 2005 find from the Aurangabad District during well digging and the balls reached up to 7.0 cm. A very showy and excellent 360-degree specimen from the find.

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