Heulandite on botryoidal Quartz
stock #9.1-253D(stk)
Jalgaon District
Maharashtra,
India
9.8 x 7.2 CM (cabinet)
price: $550
Spring 2013
Ex. Doug Ervin collection, Ex Collector's Edge. The mineral market is flooded with average quality trap-rock specimens, so we avoid most Indian Zeolites unless they are especially good. This one is one of those few! Perfect, undamaged, sharp, well-composed and a great example of the specie. Far better in person the esthetics are top notch.
Scorodite (with Beudantite?)
stock #AX-10-595
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
4.7 x 3.6 CM (miniature)
price: $285
Spring 2013
A nice sized vug of rich gemmy blue Scorodites in a hard (not crumbly!) matrix. Micro brownish spheres are noted that are reputed to be Beudantites but look much like Carminites to me, either way, a nice addition. In excellent condition, with magnification it is possible to see through the very clear blue crystals to the brown matrix below! A Mexican classic, these are rare on the market and this is a good example.