Leucite
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
5 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm. This large leucite crystal is the size of a golf ball, and is complete-all-around. It looks like a garnet, at first glance. But, it is instead the largest leucite I have seen from the USA. I am told that these were found in Magnet Cove, but only rarely and prior to the 1950s. It is a very important, but seldom seen, American ...
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