ncat JR12 Levyne-Ca, Erionite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Thin plates of levyne with silky overgrowth of erionite. Ex Judy Rowe. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Erionite
0617 Chabazite, Levyne-Na, ‘Pyrolusite’, Erionite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Orange rhombohedral chabazite on hexagonal crystals of levyne. Black “pyrolusite” balls are sprinkled around. Erionite is evident as a very thin coating of levyne, obvious when you look at the broken crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0697 Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Erionite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Thin blades of levyne with a silky overgrowth of erionite. Thomsonite in nearby cavity. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Levyne, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
White hexagonal levyne crystals with overgrowth of erionite. Broken surfaces show the silky nature. White balls of thomsonite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3, Erionite, Levyne, Adel, Lake Co., Oregon, USA
Silky erionite growing epitaxially on levyne. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0306 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Mindat lists erionite-K and erionite-Ca, with the latter the only one tested (Rruff). Isolated prisms and small groups of colourless erionite in a vugh. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand). Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat JP0828 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
An aesthetic spray of hexagonal erionite prisms. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA O13 Erionite, Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Silky overgrowths of erionite (labelled as offretite) on levyne crystals. Ex Lesley and Doug Ball Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0920 Levyne-Na, Calcite, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Silky erionite overgrowths clearly showing on broken levyne crystal with grey calcite crystal (the calcite is 6mm tall). Adjacent vugh is lined with thomsonite and has tiny chabazite crystals sprinkled over it. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW302 Erionite, Clinoptilolite-Na, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
Tiny colourless hexagonal prisms of erionite (sizes in photo captions). Click on the images for a higher resolution version.
1146 Mesolite, Levyne, Erionite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Victoria
White massive mesolite with erionite epitaxially growing on levyne. Photo width 11mm.