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Stilbite + ’Mesolite’
’Glen Caladale’, Loch Eynort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10cm across x 7cm high x 3cm deep
Three large stilbite crystals in a ’wheatsheaf’ habit perched on a mound of basalt matrix covered with ’mesolite’ crystals. The stilbite crystal on the right is 52mm long. This is the best specimen, found in a large pipe cavity in a very large boulder on my first visit to this little-known locality. The ’mesolite’ is rather dirty but I decided to leave it so as it shows off the stilbite nicely !
Self-collected 1996 (Author: Mike Wood)