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Epistilbite

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Epistilbite

Type Locality
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Berufjörður, Djúpavogshreppur, Eastern Region, Iceland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Lustrous, translucent, colorless epistilbite blades fill the sculptural vug in basalt matrix on this fine piece from a classic Iceland locale.The interesting, free-standing, stepped-growth, isolated crystal group is 2 x 1.4 cm.Epistilbite is a relatively uncommon zeolite group mineral and this is a highly representative specimen from the type locale. 

Collected 1883 ! Ex Rijksmuseum Stockholm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Epistilbite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si6O16·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.45
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Breiðdalur- Berufjörður area, Suður-Múlasýsla, Eastern Region, Iceland