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Stellerite

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Stellerite

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Description
Locality: 
Garrawilla Station, Pottinger County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7.7 × 8 cm
Description

A very bright and attractive cabinet specimen of orange stellerite crystals on a basalt like matrix.

While the crystals are small for the locality, the coverage and aesthetics of the specimen make up for it. There is also some minor associated laumontite. Superb condition.

 

Postage Area This Specimen
Asia $9
USA $12
Rest of World $15
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stellerite

Formula: 
Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mednyi Island, Commander Islands (Komandorskije ostrova), Bering Sea, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...
Gondwana Minerals