| 17000449jknsss.nn ((SCOLECITE, CALCITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Sangamner, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra State, India, 12.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, | |
_small.jpg) | In about 2008 a new find of Scolecite was found in India. Rudy Tschernich, past curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon and author of the book on Zeolites, puchased a large amount in Tucson that year for the purpose of contructing a large Scolecite pocket for the Rice Museum. They did not need all the specimens in constuction of the pocket. The lower grade extra specimens were sold as a lot early on. The better were saved until the last of the saved specimens were finally sold off almost 10 years later last weekend to me. Here is a spray of gemmy transparent Scolecite crystals with two smaller Scolecite sprays near the base of the Scolecite crystals. There are many crystals missing looking down at the terminations. It is still an attractive displaying specimen with the existing terminations and the blending of the missing crystals when viewed from the front or back instead of looking down from the top. ex Rudy Tschernich collection with label. |
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