A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Stilbite |
|---|---|
| Description | Stilbite is a silicate. Stilbite is also a common zeolite. Stilbite commonly forms crystals inside the petrified bubbles of volcanic rocks that have undergone a small amount of metamorphism. Stilbite crystals can aggregate together to form a structure resembling wheat sheafs. It has the chemical formula NaCa2Al5Si13O36·14H2O. Stilbite's name comes from the Greek stilbe meaning “luster” in allusion to the pearly to vitreous luster. |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado. Near Golden. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-02-22. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1848. |
| Key words | stilbite, zeolite, silicate, colorado |
| Tech details | 501 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 131 |
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