Scapolite gallery2

SCAPOLITE Gallery Return to Scapolite page. Click on image for larger view
Scapolite is a mineral group name. Members include the species meionite and marialite. When the exact species is undetermined, the group name scapolite is applied.
SCAPOLITE Group Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH 8 mm terminated scapolite crystal	Species: SCAPOLITE Group Locality: Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm terminated scapolite crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 775 Notes: Candidate scapolite crystals from the Joppa Hill Locale have been analyzed to be feldspar pseudomorphs. This one appears quite pristine, so likely not a pseudomorph.
SCAPOLITE Joppa Hill Locale, Amherst, NH 5 mm milky scapolite crystal with green diopside in calcite matrix.	Species: SCAPOLITE Locality: Joppa Hill Locale, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm milky scapolite crystal with green diopside in calcite matrix. Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: This scapolite crystal was exposed by soaking the specimen in vinegar (a weak acid) for several days to dissolve the enclosing calcite.
MEIONITE Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH 3.2 cm specimen. MEIONITE Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH 3.2 cm specimen. SW UV lighting	Species: MEIONITE - (Scapolite group) Locality: Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 3.2 cm specimen. Daylight and SW UV photos Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 4/21 Catalog No.: 2140 Notes: From skarn boulder in cleared residential construction lot off Pulpit Rd.
Go to Scapolite gallery page: 1