Chabazite

Chabazite

Chabazite is a tectosilicate mineral  (Ca,Na2,K2,Mg)Al2Si4O12·6H2O  It was named chabasie in 1792 by Bosc d'Antic and later changed to the current spelling.  Chabazite is found in India, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, Bohemia, Italy, Germany, along the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Oregon, Arizona, and New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  This sample is from John Dyer's quarry, Gickerville, PA

I consider this the best of all my shots of Chabazite.  I not only used my image stacking technique but my High Dynamic Range technique obtain this one image.

I believe the light yellow crystals are Chabazite as well as the clear/opaque crystals with the internal patterns.

Thanks to Wikipedia and Mindat.org for the information provided.  

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