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INDI-21 - Mesolite on Chalcedony - $ 750 Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India cabinet, 12.1 x 9.2 x 4.5 cm
Nestled down in a basaltic vug is a most beautiful "puff ball" of Mesolite, undamaged and sharp! The stark white Mesolite , which measures 4.5 cm across, is actually composed of fine acicular crystals.
MD-179613 - Mesolite - - Archived Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India cabinet, 12.6 x 7.8 x 7.3 cm.
12.6 x 7.8 x 7.3 cm. Nestled inside this pocket, which was painstakingly excavated intact from the surrounding matrix by a very patient and almost certainly underpaid Indian miner, are two pristine sprays of perfect, gemmy, slender needles of mesolite.
MD-238750 - Mesolite, Quartz (Var: Chalcedony) - - Archived Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India cabinet, 12.1 x 9.2 x 4.5 cm.
12.1 x 9.2 x 4.5 cm. Nestled down in a basaltic vug is a most beautiful "puff ball" of Mesolite, undamaged and sharp. The stark white Mesolite, which measures 4.5 cm across, is actually composed of fine acicular crystals.
MD-44359 - Mesolite, Thomsonite - - Archived Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA cabinet, 13.3 x 11.2 x 7.8cm
A big, rich and rare American specimen - an intact pocket of hairlike acicular crystals of mesolite growing off balls of thomsonite (both minerals are hydrated sodium calcium aluminum silicate) from Oregon. This is another unique and hard-to-obtain piece that came out of the noted Hauck Collection. Not something you see around on the market, to be sure! 13.3 x 11.2 x 7.8cm
MD-47569 - Mesolite, Thomsonite-Ca - - Archived Jaquish Road Cut, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA miniature, 4.5 cm
A DRAMATIC and SUPERB CABINET specimen of lustrous, pearlescent mesolite needles to 4.5 cm artistically set in a thompsonite-covered vug in basalt matrix from the famous, but relatively unknown Jaquish Road Cut at Goble, Oregon. This is one of the finer United States mesolite specimens, that you will ever see. Choice material from the Richard Hauck Collection. 10.4 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
MD-54315 - Apophyllite, Mesolite - - Archived Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India small cabinet, 6.8 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Talk about gorgeous oddities! A core of splayed, fibrous white mesolite has been encapsulated by a later generation of unusual, light green apophyllite that completely covers the original ball of mesolite! The lustrous apophyllite must have been deposited slowly over time, giving it a frosted look from the many facets showing from each pinprick of apophyllite minutely crystallized on the surface like snow on the ground. In addition, slender hollow rods of apophyllite poke through the "icing", showing off their tetragonal symmetry. This was the best example I was shown, from a small and unique find. I have never seen such a piece in 20 years of looking at Indian minerals 6.8 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
MD-66583 - Mesolite, Apophyllite - - Archived Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India thumbnail, 1.5 cm
Classic combo from the early days of Indian exports! A fan-like, diverging spray, of white, partially gemmy, scolecite crystals to 5 cm in length is associated with accenting apophyllite crystals, to 1.5 cm in length, all spraying up from a sliver of basaltic matrix. Groups like this first made an appearance in the U.S, around 1979-81 and the style and character of that find remains distinct and unique to this day, and highly sought after. I have handled a few as they become recycled through collections - nearly all major colelctors of the time had a good one, and treasured them as among the most elegant of specimens available at the time. After 20 years mining more Indian minerals, they still haven't been surpassed, by any new find. This piece is sturdier than it looks and can probably be mailed, but its a big pain and i'd rather arrange somehow for hand-delivery. 9 x 7.1 x 2.8 cm
MUN05-115 - Apophyllite on Mesolite (NEW FIND!) - $ 1250 SOLD Poona, near Bombay, India small cabinet, 6.8 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Talk about gorgeous oddities! A core of splayed, fibrous white mesolite has been encapsulated by a later generation of unusual, light green apophyllite that completely covers the original ball of mesolite! The lustrous apophyllite must have been deposited slowly over time, giving it a frosted look from the many facets showing from each pinprick of apophyllite minutely crystallized on the surface like snow on the ground. In addition, slender hollow rods of apophyllite poke through the "icing", showing off their tetragonal symmetry. This was the best example I was shown, from a small and unique find. I have never seen such a piece in 20 years of looking at Indian minerals
PB47 - Mesolite with Apophyllite - $ 2500 Poona, India small cabinet, 9 x 7.1 x 2.8 cm ex. Peter Bancroft
Classic combo from the early days of Indian exports! A fan-like, diverging spray, of white, partially gemmy, scolecite crystals to 5 cm in length is associated with accenting apophyllite crystals, to 1.5 cm in length, all spraying up from a sliver of basaltic matrix. Groups like this first made an appearance in the U.S, around 1979-81 and the style and character of that find remains distinct and unique to this day, and highly sought after. I have handled a few as they become recycled through collections - nearly all major colelctors of the time had a good one, and treasured them as among the most elegant of specimens available at the time. After 20 years mining more Indian minerals, they still haven't been surpassed, by any new find. This piece is sturdier than it looks and can probably be mailed, but its a big pain and i'd rather arrange somehow for hand-delivery.
TUC12-10 - Mesolite with Pyrite - $ 500 Merelani Mines, Arusha, Tanzania small cabinet, 6.0 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm
This unsual specimen wsa purchased at the Munich show from late 2011 finds, and was the only good example I saw with sharp white, acicular crystals of what was at the time, unidentified. On a hunch, I bought the piece to test it. It was analysed at the University of Arizona and found to be mesolite. Minor diopside and graphite matrix underlays the mesolite clusters. Unusual find for the locality! All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
