{"title":"India","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur Indian material comes from small mining operations across the country, including the famous mineral-rich basalt quarries of Maharashtra- Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik and beyond.  These Deccan Trap formations are the world's premier source of zeolite minerals, producing the apophyllite, stilbite, and cavansite that fill collector's cabinets worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe work directly with the operations pulling this material out of the ground, which is what makes wholesale pricing possible on specimens of this quality.  Every lot is filmed before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"apophyllite-sparkling-plates-lot-a","title":"Apophyllite Sparkling Plates — Lot A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.981 kg, 11 pieces. $110\/kg. Sparkling apophyllite plates from the basalt quarries near Aurangabad, Maharashtra — known in the trade as “sugar apo” for the fine drusy crystal coating that catches light across the whole face. Deccan Trap zeolite material. Every lot is filmed before it ships — what you see in the video is the exact material that arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystabelle Fine Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951636570195,"sku":null,"price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/5652\/5907\/files\/IMG-5328.heic?v=1786489314"},{"product_id":"aquamarine-in-matrix-lot-a","title":"Aquamarine in Matrix — Lot A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.958 kg, 8 pieces. $110\/kg. Aquamarine crystals in matrix from the Karur District of Tamil Nadu, southern India — pegmatite material, with the matrix running quartz or feldspar depending on the piece. 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Lustre is glassy to pearly and the larger crystals are translucent to nearly transparent, with the fine internal feathering apophyllite is known for visible throughout. The lot includes one large display plate alongside smaller cabinet and thumbnail pieces. Natural and untreated — no dyeing, coating, or stabilizing, as with everything we carry. Every lot is filmed before it ships — what you see in the video is the material that arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystabelle Fine Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45997211942995,"sku":null,"price":284.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/5652\/5907\/files\/IMG-5657.heic?v=1787080965"},{"product_id":"mordenite-sprays-lot-a","title":"Mordenite Sprays — Lot A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3.986 kg, 3 pieces. $75\/kg. Mordenite from the Deccan Traps basalt quarries of Maharashtra, India — dense white fibrous sprays and radiating tufts covering matrix on all three pieces, running roughly 4.5 to 8 inches. The texture is the draw: fine hair-like crystals packed into rounded bursts and tapering blades, with a soft matte to silky sheen rather than a glassy one. Color is uniform chalk white with faint cream tones where the sprays thin out. Two pieces carry small blades of a secondary zeolite along one edge, and one shows a narrow band of green celadonite where the matrix is exposed. Natural and untreated — no dyeing, coating, or stabilizing, as with everything we carry. 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Body color is milky white to pale cream, with warm honey and tan tones where iron staining runs through the matrix on several pieces. The largest piece is a display plate, and the lot also includes cabinet and smaller specimens. Natural and untreated — no dyeing, coating, or stabilizing, as with everything we carry. 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The blue is unusually saturated — a deep sky to cyan blue that comes from vanadium in the structure — and the rosettes have the fine radiating bladed habit the species is known for. Cavity linings vary across the lot: some are dense white bladed zeolite, others fine sparkling druzy, and several pieces carry clear white bladed crystals alongside the cavansite. Rosette size varies from small accent clusters to one prominent bloom near half an inch across.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePieces are approximately 2 inches in height.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCavansite is soft, roughly 3 to 4 on the Mohs scale, and the rosettes are delicate — handle by the matrix, keep pieces from contacting each other in storage, and do not clean with brushes, ultrasonic units, or acids. Dust with compressed air only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatural and untreated — no dyeing, coating, or stabilizing, as with everything we carry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery lot is filmed before it ships — what you see in the video is the material that arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystabelle Fine Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46036795064403,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/5652\/5907\/files\/IMG-5994.heic?v=1787776992"},{"product_id":"green-chalcedony-with-heulandite-lot-a","title":"Green Chalcedony with Heulandite — Lot A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLot A — 5 pieces, 815 g total, priced at $160 per kilo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen chalcedony with heulandite from Madhya Pradesh, India.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece is a plate of botryoidal chalcedony, mounded and lobed across the surface. The chalcedony itself is a medium emerald green, though the heavy coat of tiny colorless heulandite crystals over it reads as a much paler sage or frosted green in photographs — the deeper color shows through in the recesses and where coverage thins. The crystal coat catches light from every angle, closer to frost than to druzy, with darker basalt showing at the edges. Coverage is generous across all five pieces, and several have deep pockets and channels that add real depth when they catch light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePieces range from 3 to 3.5 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeulandite is soft, roughly 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale, and the crystal coat is fine — handle by the base, keep pieces from rubbing against each other in storage, and clean with compressed air rather than brushes or water. Heulandite can also lose water and dull if stored somewhere hot and dry, so keep it out of direct sun and away from heat sources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatural and untreated — no dyeing, coating, or stabilizing, as with everything we carry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery lot is filmed before it ships — what you see in the video is the material that arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystabelle Fine Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46036930396243,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/5652\/5907\/files\/IMG-6004.heic?v=1787781884"},{"product_id":"blush-pink-stilbite-with-apophyllite-lot-b","title":"Blush Pink Stilbite with Apophyllite — Lot B","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 pieces · 1,546 g total · $110\/kg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlush pink stilbite with clear apophyllite from the basalt quarries near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India — one of the classic zeolite localities and the source of much of the world’s finest stilbite.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach piece is a mounded aggregate of peach to pale pink stilbite blades, densely intergrown and finishing in a sparkling crystalline surface. Riding on and beside the stilbite are colorless apophyllite crystals, glassy and sharply terminated, some reaching well over an inch across with mirror-bright faces. The contrast between the warm matte pink of the stilbite and the water-clear apophyllite is what gives this material its appeal — the two species sit right next to each other on nearly every piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pink color in stilbite comes from trace iron. It is natural to the locality and is not a dye or coating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePieces run approximately 3 to 4 inches. All six are display-ready from multiple angles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA care note on both species: stilbite is soft at 3.5–4 on the Mohs scale and apophyllite is 4.5–5 with perfect basal cleavage, meaning the flat faces can flake if knocked or pried. Neither should be tumbled, scrubbed, or cleaned in an ultrasonic. Stilbite can also dehydrate and lose its lustre in prolonged heat or direct sun — keep these out of hot windows and away from heating vents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatural and untreated — no dyeing, coating, or stabilizing, as with everything we carry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery lot is filmed before it ships — what you see in the video is the material that arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystabelle Fine Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46046544920659,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/5652\/5907\/files\/IMG-6031.heic?v=1787858324"},{"product_id":"chabazite-on-basalt-matrix-lot-a","title":"Chabazite on Basalt Matrix — Lot A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 pieces · 1,255 g total · $160\/kg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChabazite from the Deccan basalt quarries of Madhya Pradesh, India. Chabazite is one of the less commonly offered Indian zeolites and rarely comes through in lots this consistent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe crystals are warm salmon to apricot orange, wedge- and rhomb-shaped, glassy where light catches the faces and showing fine internal striations. They sit scattered and clustered across a thick white matrix with a soft fibrous surface, and several pieces break away to a dark green and black basalt underside — the color contrast between the orange crystals, the chalk-white bed, and the deep green rock is what makes this material carry across a display shelf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoverage varies by piece. Some are densely crusted edge to edge in crystal; others show open fields of white matrix with crystals scattered like blossoms across it. 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