| 17000449jknsss.nn ((SCOLECITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Chalisgoan, Nasik District, Maharashtra State, India, 17 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Large 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 to me. Here is a spray of transparent Scolecite crystals with opague white terminations. The terminations have multiple small feather like sub terminations prtruding upward. There are a couple crystals missing from the spray looking down at the terminations especially near the edges. It is an attractive displaying specimen. The majority of the Scolesite from Rudy were from Sangamner with a few from Chalisgoan. ex Rudy Tschernich collection with label. |
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