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INDI-40 - Stilbite included by Celadonite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

large cabinet, 19.7 x 12.5 x 10.0 cm
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Stilbite included by Celadonite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India [db_pics/pics/indi-40c.jpg]

This artistic natural sculpture is composed of rosettes of bladed stilbite which has been colored green by the mineral celadonite, a potassium, iron, magnesium, silicate. It is also a member of the mica group. The largest rosette measures 10.0 cm across. I have never seen one so large and dramatic, and 3-dimensional! Remarkable!


INDI-31 - Green Gyrolite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

miniature, 4.8 x 3.9 x 1.2 cm
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Green Gyrolite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India [db_pics/pics/indi-31c.jpg]

Olive green and dark green, bi-colored spheres of Gyrolite , to 1.5 cm across, form a 3-dimensional cluster. The crystal cluster is both lustrous and slightly translucent.


INDI-32 - Calcite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

cabinet, 10.1 x 7.7 x 5.3 cm
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Calcite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India [db_pics/pics/indi-32d.jpg]

This specimen exhibits some of the best attributes of Indian calcite. It is on a thin slice of basalt, it is twinned, and it is well formed with incredible transparency. GEMMY, in fact. In person, it has intense golden color and wonderful luster like glass - really the top quality you could ask for! It is 3-D and complete all around with only the most persnickety of minor wear on a few crystal edges. Most Indian calcites pale compared with the elegance and beauty of the specimen. It is also LARGE - measure it out, imagine its so gemmy you can look through most of it, and that it is so reflective inside it looks like you are gazing into mirrors!


INDI-33 - Green Gyrolite with Apophyllite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

miniature, 5.3 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
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This specimen consists of a cluster of spheres of olive green, lustrous, slightly translucent Gyrolite , to 2 cm across. It is dusted aesthetically with a druse of colorless Apophyllite and super sparkly overall! Most unusual combination, I would say...


INDI-45 - Heulandite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

cabinet, 11.6 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
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On a basaltic matrix along with dark gray chalcedony, is perched one of the better heulandite fans, I have seen. The glassy luster, translucence, and pastel salmon color, are exquisite, especially in contrast to the dark matrix. The fan measures 7.0 cm across. In addition, there is a 1.5 cm pearlescent, doubly terminated stilbite crystal on the heulandite. Wow!


INDI-62 - Pentagonite with Calcite - SOLD
Wagholi Quarry, near Poona, Maharashtra, India

miniature, 3.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
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This is a rosette of royal blue, lustrous, translucent, Pentagonite crystals with an occasional spike of an individual crystal, to large size at .75 cm in length. It is encrusted with a druse of pearlescent, stilbite crystals. VERY RICH Pentagonite specimen for the price!


INDI-35 - Stilbite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

cabinet, 10.3 x 8.0 x 4.5 cm
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When a mineral collector desires a choice stilbite specimen, his/her quest is almost always for a matrix "bow tie". This 8.0 cm tall stilbite, is lustrous, translucent, and exhibits a pastel salmon color. Its sits on a matrix of white, drusy, chalcedony. For accent, at the base of the stilbite, is a a 4.0 cm tall, glassy white fluorapophyllite crystal. This unusually fine specimen has a lot going for it!


INDI-30 - Gyrolite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
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This specimen is composed of several complete spheres of lustrous, translucent, ivory colored Gyrolite atop an earlier brown later, to 2.0 cm across.


INDI-95 - Pentagonite on Stilbite - SOLD
Wagholi Quarry, near Poona, Maharashtra, India

cabinet, 9.8 x 9.5 x 6.2 cm
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Pentagonite on Stilbite from Wagholi Quarry, near Poona, Maharashtra, India [db_pics/pics/indi-95c.jpg]

Teal blue, clusters of lustrous Pentagonite , to 1.5 cm across, are nestled in a vug of drusy, lustrous, ivory colored stilbite. The stilbite is VERY glassy, unusually so. The Pentagonite is very bright blue, unusually so. together, a stark contrast! The specimen has, overall, a very rich amount of Pentagonite and for the price is one of the better deals on pentagonite i have been able to offer over the years. It is more 3-dimensional in person and retains the appearance of a natural cavity with some depth. Sawed in the back during removal, but no saw marks visible on front .


INDI-07 - Gemmy Fluorapophyllite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

small cabinet, 6.6 x 6.4 x 5.8 cm
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This cluster of fluorapophyllite crystals almost has a star–like appearance. The largest of these crystals is doubly terminated and measures 6.5 cm in length. The crystals are very lustrous, transparent, and colorless. Floater - complete all around! SPARKLES INCREDIBLY - PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST SPARKLY, BRIGHT, JEWEL-LIKE APOPHS I HAVE SEEN !


INDI-73 - Fluorapophyllite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

cabinet, 11.3 x 10.1 x 4.0 cm
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This very aesthetic specimen has 1.0 cm spheres of dark gray, lustrous, quartz druse coating a basaltic matrix . Perched jauntily on the quartz are a few crystals of fluorapophyllite, the largest of which is glassy, colorless, doubly terminated, and is 5 cm across. This two-inch crystal is held up tin the air on a stalk of a secondary crystal beneath it, as if balancing. Lovely and, among a big crowd, quite the unique specimen that stands out!


INDI-72 - "River of Cavansite" - SOLD
Wagholi Quarry, near Poona, Maharashtra, India

large cabinet, 15.1 x 10.2 x 5.3 cm
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Nestled in a basaltic vug, lined with under 1.0 cm across rosettes of light gray stilbite, are several clusters of royal blue, lustrous, cavansite. Common enough...but the MAJOR RIBBON OF CAVANSITE RUNNING OVER 3 INCHES (8 cm) DOWN THE MIDDLE IS NOT COMMON AT ALL! This unusual elongated chain of cavansites is the longest such chain of crystal clusters I can recall seeing in all these years since they sttarted coming out in the early 1990s in any quantity. The photo seems to distort the piece and make the ribbon/river of cavansite look like it only goes just pass the middle. it probably extends just over 2/3 of the way down. the color is intense, top class, and it is pristine....overall, just a VERY dramatic piece!


INDI-71 - Stilbite and Fluorapophyllite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

cabinet, 11.9 x 8.3 x 7.4 cm
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Clustered on a matrix of spiky, white, chalcedony are a group of lustrous, translucent, light salmon stilbite crystals, to 7.0 cm across. Adjoining is a cluster of mint green, brilliantly glassy and lustrous, translucent, fluorapophyllite crystals to 3.5 cm across. Beautiful contrast, pristine specimen, and a good size at a relatively cheap price (in my opinion...I think its less than i paid). OK, yes, each of these species is common, technically speaking. However, superior combination pieces with such balance, in this quality, are NOT common at all.


INDI-68 - Fluorapophyllite and Mozartite (floater) - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
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Two intergrown crystals of tabular, fluorapophyllite, to 2.0 cm across are invested with green and red mozartite. Twinned? Striking Thumbnail, anyhow!


INDI-66 - Red Stilbite - SOLD
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

miniature, 4.5 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
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The primary crystal is a "bow tie", lustrous and translucent, terra-cotta, colored crystal, measuring 4.5 cm across.



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