#chabazite
Glowing golden calcite atop water clear chabazite crystals found today on a prospecting trip with my dude @c_rackelman of @unearthed.minerals at a site he honed in on in Columbia County. As we were mostly trying to find access, we didn’t bring any equipment but we’re pleasantly surprised by a bunch of great fresh float material. We’ll be back for sure soon with some buckets at the very least!
#rocks #crystals #geology #zeolites #rockhounding #oregon #rock #crystal #calcite #chabazite #quarry #mining #silica #mineral #minerals #microminerals #columbiacounty (at Soft Rock Cafe)
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Sampling of all the sick golden calcite on clear chabazite that @unearthed.minerals led us to a few months back. This stuff is endlessly aesthetic, and looks amazing under magnification and UV light. Very fun to photograph, but I neglected to really clean these before I documented them. The best of this stuff can now be seen at @carneliancoffee, but I’ll be sure to post more of it this week
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #calcite #chabazite #zeolite #zeolites #quarry (at Rainier, Oregon)
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Finally, a post about the chabazite: this fantastic combo of calcite on chabazite features large, clear pseudo-cubic crystals with deceptively smooth faces, nearly all of which actually have incredible etching and patterns, many even visible to the naked eye. This first shot is through a handheld loupe, but @pnw_rocktography has taken some really excellent micro shots which you can see on his feed and on @unearthed.minerals. I just love the look of this stuff, and I’m hoping they went to find more today while I recover from my booster shot yesterday. A few of these shots are of a particular crystal lined void, the intact remains of which produced a chabazite tunnel that is just so sick.
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica
#chabazite #calcite #zeolite #zeolites #columbiacounty (at Chabahil)
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Rainer calcite, crystal faces edition: all the crystal faces on these combos have really cool textures, which resemble melting record keeper formations on the calcite. The majority also have interior fracturing which, because of calcite’s perfect cleavage, makes it look like dogtooth phantoms inside each crystal. For all I know, they could actually be phantoms, but since they reflect rainbows depending on the angle you view them at, I assume it’s internal fractures. Someone please drop some knowledge here!
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #chabazite #zeolite #zeolites #columbiacounty #calcite #silica #micro #thumbnails #thumbnail (at South Tabor)
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