Chabazite with Calcite (old, ex Harvard Museum)

Item Description

Slightly lustrous and translucent, dark salmon colored crystals of chabazite, to 2 cm across, totally cover one side of their matrix. Ivory colored crystals of calcite, to 5 mm in length, are emplaced on several chabazite crystals. Ex. Harvard University collection and early 1900s era label. A significant example of this very desirable zeolite species, that is rare from most productive zeolite locales (like India and Iceland) but common only here! Valued $750