Mineral: Catapleiite with Analcime
Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Dimensions: 9.5 x 3 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 2.1 cm

Description: Mass: 102 g MIM number: 1716 Stacked, slightly iridescent catapleiite tabs standing upright in parallel from a matrix of intergrown sharp, milky white, trapezohedral analcime crystals (the largest measuring 1.9 cm) - an association not frequently seen. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Lapis: Jan 2015" Ex collections: Keith Proctor (USA), Scott Rudolph (USA)

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