20hhgd.is ((STIBNITE)), $85 MINIMUM BID, Xikuangshan Sb Deposit, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 14 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet | |
The terminations are natural from the pocket. It was probably an old break or contact. There is one or two cleaved surfaces on the crystals and a little minor edge chipping or roughness. Overall its very uncommon to have the Stilbite crystals on matrix. Generally the individual crystals were just snapped off the matrix. This is the only one with the large stout crystals that I have seen on matrix. Glenn Davidson collection. ex Lavinsky mineral auction specimen, ex Barratt Phillips coll. |