Description
Electric blue cavansite surrounded by greyish-white stilbite in a basalt matrix. Set in a sterling silver.
Dimensions: (1.7″ long-with bail) x (1″ wide) x (.4″ thick)
Weight: .21 ounces/5.9 grams
Cavansite is a brilliant blue hydrous calcium vanadium phyllosilicate mineral. It occurs as a secondary mineral in basaltic and andesitic rocks along with a variety of zeolite minerals. Its name is derived, simply, from its chemical composition, calcium vanadium silicate. Our specimens were mined from quarries around Wagholi, Pune (formerly Poona), Maharashtra, India
