Mineral Species: Stilbite

Chemical Formula: (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si7O18.7H2O

Chemical Name: Hydrated Sodium Calcium Potassium Aluminium Silicate

Mineral Class: Zeolite Silicate

Mineral Notes: Stilbite is a common zeolite whose crystals tend to clump together into forms resembling wheat sheafs. Whether in this form or not, Stilbite is an aesthetic mineral with its clean pearly luster and colourful pink and rosy tints. 

Description: Several large pink crystals of Stilbite up to 20mm with complex surfaces. All around these are many smaller crystals, some of which are upright and others lie flat along the matrix.

Location: Jalgoan Quarry, Maharashtra, India.