Mineral: Chabazite-Ca
Locality: Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy
Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 2.0 cm

Description: Mass: 444 g MIM number:2050 Matrix slab covered on both sides with well formed crystals of chabazite of a very unusual blue-turquoise color, and small colorless quartz points. This sample is the best of the 4 pieces that constituted this exceptional discovery due to the melting of the glacier. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publications: "Lapis Jg. 45, Nr. 1, Jan 2020", "extraLapis 59 - Mont Blanc - Mineralien vom weißen Berg" Ex collection: Eric Asselborn (France)

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