Peach Stilbite Slab with Druzy Quartz

Stilbite is one of the most abundant and visually striking zeolites produced by the Deccan Traps basalt province of Maharashtra, typically forming sheaf-like or platy aggregates of pale pink to peach hue within amygdaloidal cavities. This specimen presents as a low, wide slab — likely the lining of a cavity wall rather than a free-standing cluster — giving it an architectural quality suited to shelf or tabletop display. The central eruption of fine white druzy quartz is a secondary mineralization event, crystallizing after the stilbite was already deposited and recording the later, silica-rich phase of hydrothermal activity common in Nashik-district material. The dark red-brown rim visible on the underside edge is characteristic of the iron-rich outer basalt rind. Sourced through the Shaikh family's direct-from-quarry network, ensuring the matrix is intact and unglued.

Species

Stilbite on basalt matrix with secondary quartz druzy

Origin

Maharashtra, India

Size

12 cm

Weight

110 g

Tier

entry

Status

available