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Fakes & FraudsStilbite Color: Natural or Fake?

18th Jan 2015 01:07 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert

This stilbite is claimed to come from Nasik District. Can anyone say for certain if the color is natural or if it is faked in some way?

18th Jan 2015 03:28 UTCRock Currier Expert

I does not appear to be any color of stilbite that I have ever seen and would suspect that the color might not be natural. Soak it in water and if that does nothing, put it in some acetone and see if some of the color comes off.

18th Jan 2015 04:04 UTCHershel Friedman

I agree with Rock. I've never seen a stilbite with such red coloring. Now I own a rare red stilbite from Paterson NJ, with the color caused by iron oxide staining, but its a darker red color and looks much more natural than this. If there was a find in India of such brightly colored red stilbite, it would likely be a be more well-known and documented.

18th Jan 2015 05:12 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

I agree as well. That appears to be way too red for a "natural" specimen.

Take Rock's advice and soak it to see if the colour is harmed in any way.

18th Jan 2015 08:21 UTCUwe Ludwig

I think the colours of the picture are not correct adjusted. I checked it by the resp. tools of GIMP. If I take the red colour back I receive a nearly similar colour as, for example, of the stilbite of the Striegau quarry. However, the tests with warm water and acetone should be done.

Rgds.

Uwe Ludwig

18th Jan 2015 13:28 UTCReiner Mielke Expert

I agree with Uwe, just look at the color of the hands, way too much red.

18th Jan 2015 13:54 UTCMike Royal

thay look dyed to me theres been allot of this material posted on ebay lately some are quite nice http://www.ebay.com/itm/251774833940?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

but the color is just too uniform on them to be natural in my thinking

mike