Group of Cavansite crystals, thick and arranged very aerially on a matrix formed by Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals and fibrous Mordenite crystals. The Cavansite crystals are of deep and uniform blue color, very well defined, and bright. The specimen, of very notable quality for the species, comes from one of the well-known quarries present in the vast Deccan Traps of India, the Wagholi Quarry.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra India (2024)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.20” × 1.69”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”
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