David K. Joyce

Zeolites, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scoria, Amethyst, Chabazite, Gmelinite

Here are specimens that you rarely see. They are all plates of part geodes of amethyst that also contain Chabazite or gmelinite and, in some, calcite crystals. These chabazite and gmelinite crystals are fluorescent, though! Due to trace amounts of uranium (analysis done), the chabazite or gmelinite glow a nice green colour! If there is calcite, the calcite crystals glow a nice cream colour but are also phosphorescent. That is, they continue to glow after the u/v light is turned off. Special pieces! Good looking, too!

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Item #28789 Stilbite, Quartz var Amethyst 6.1x3.5x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $55.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada Here is a sweet, amethyst geode that is generously endowed with little bundles of stilbite crystals. Attractive piece!	Item #28797 Heulandite, Quartz 6.9x5.9x3.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $55.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Canada Lots of nice colourless, sharp heulandite crystals have formed on top of purple amethyst in this specimen. Looks great!	Item #28751 Chabazite, Calcite, Quartz, var. Amethyst 6.0x5.6x4.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: Ch 12mm $75.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This is an interesting one! This section of amethys geode holds a nice chabazite crystal and a poor-looking calcite crystal. However both the Cancite and the chabazite are fluorescent with the calcite being very phosphorescent. That is it continues to glow and then fade after the U/V light is turned off. Very cool!	Item #28753 Calcite, Chabazite 9.2x7.6x5.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: Ca 11mm, Ch 11mm $75.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This great looking amethyst geode has both chabazite crystals and a calcite crystal in it. The calcite crystal is phosphorescent and holds it light emission for a fair time after the U/V light is turned off.
Item #28754 Chabazite, Quartz, var. Amethyst 7.0x7.0x5.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 11mm $65.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This amethyst geode contains a couple of excellent, colourless chabazite crystals. Great looking plus the chabazite fluoresces a light green colour. The photo does not do it justice! Very nice!	Item #28781 Chabazite, Quartz, var. Amethyst 11.1x7.8x7.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 15mm $150.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada Super! This amethyst geode has a bridge of chabazite crystals across it, with more geode behind. The chabazite is colourless but fluoresces a bright green colour under U/V light. The fluorescence is due to a trace amount of uranium in the molecular structure of the chabazite. Really a striking specimen! in white light OR U/V light.	Item #28761 Stilbite, Quartz var. Amethyst 5.5x5.5x3.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $40.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This specimen shows an amethyst vug in porcelain agate where the amethyst crystals have smoky-ish terminations. Along the bottom of the piece are divergent stilbite crystals. Nice piece!	Item #28764 Gmelinite, Quartz var. Amethyst 6.1x4.5x4.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 8mm $65.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This specimen shows an amethyst vug in porcelain agate which also contains a well formed beigey gmelinite crystal. Displays well and is an excellent example of this association!
Item #28768 Chabazite, Quartz var. Amethyst 5.3x4.1x4.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 11mm $65.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada A lovely vug of light amethyst crystals that also has an 11mm chabazite crystal that glows a nice green colour in u/v light. Beautiful and interesting!	Item #28769 Chabazite, Quartz var. Amethyst 7.3x5.5x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $75.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada A rich-looking amethyst vug with lots of colourless chabazite crystals. The chabazite crystals glow a very nice green colour due to a minute amount of uranium that acta as fluorescent activator. Nice!	Item #28770 Chabazite, Quartz var. Amethyst 5.6x2.9x4.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $75.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This nice amethyst vug has a well formed, colourless chabazite crystal in it, formed on the amethyst. The chabazite crystal is colourless in regular light but a bright green colour in ultraviolet light, due to a trace amount of uranium, fluorescent activator. Sweet!	Item #28792 Gmelinite, Quartz var Amethyst 9.2x3.8x5.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $85.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This one shows a nicely coloured and crystallized amethyst vug with a gem of a gmelinite crystal at one side. The gmelinite crystal is colourless in white light but fluoresces a bright green in u/v light. This will brighten up your cabinet!
Item #28788 Gmelinite, Quartz var Amethyst 8.2x6.2x3.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $75.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada This light amethyst quartz vug has several gmelinite crystals in it. The crystals are lustrous, colourless0white crystals but under u/v light fluoresce a nice green colour, due to trace, minute amounts of uranium that are present. Nice one!	Item #28798 Gmelinite, Quartz var Amethyst 13.0x4.4x6.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $110.00 Big Eddy Slide Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada A wonderful, amethyst vug that holds a number of sharp, lustrous gmelinite crystals. The gmelinite crystals are white to colourless in daylight but a super green in u/v light. The u/v photo does not do them justice. Really nice!!	Item #28819 Stilbite, Quartz 9.5x5.3x2.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 9mm $40.00 Amethyst Cove Cape Split Nova Scotia, Canada This type of agate is called "shadow agate" by the locals in Nova Scotia. This thick slice contains a vug that is lined by drusy quartz crystals and that also has some nice light brown stilbite crystals in the vug. different and looks great!