Chabazite (Var: Phacolite)
Gads Hill, Upper Mersey Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.7 x 10.0 x 2.2 cm. Glassy and lustrous, colorless, chabazite variety phacolite crystals RICHLY cover both sides of this excellent and very showy CABINET crust from Gads Hill, Tasmania. Chabazite is common, but this an outstanding, large specimen. Phacolite is a lens-shaped variety of chabazite, due to twinning/multiple twinning of the ...
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