STILBITE CRYSTALS - Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Sgùrr nam Boc, near Loch Eynort,
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A very nice specimen of lustrous stilbite crystals from a section of the coast of Skye that has become famous for mineral specimens from the beaches beneath towering cliffs.
Stilbite is a mineral of the zeolite group. It forms attractive crystals and usually occurs with other zeolite minerals in cavities in basalt lava.
The cavities were originally large air bubbles when the lava was molten during a period of intense volcanic activity in western Scotland about 50 million years ago.
Sgùrr nam Boc, near Loch Eynort,
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A very nice specimen of lustrous stilbite crystals from a section of the coast of Skye that has become famous for mineral specimens from the beaches beneath towering cliffs.
Stilbite is a mineral of the zeolite group. It forms attractive crystals and usually occurs with other zeolite minerals in cavities in basalt lava.
The cavities were originally large air bubbles when the lava was molten during a period of intense volcanic activity in western Scotland about 50 million years ago.
Size: 13 x 10 x 7 centimetres
Weight: 963 grams
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