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Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  63 (3-4) 274-288 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM63\u002FAM63_274.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":280,"year":277,"html":281,"doi":11},527037,"Fleischer, Michael, Cabri, Louis J., Chao, George Y., Pabst, Adolf (1978) New Mineral Names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  63 (3-4) 424-427 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM63\u002FAM63_424.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":283,"year":284,"html":285,"doi":11},527497,1980,"Liebau, Friedrich (1980) The role of cationic hydrogen in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  65 (9-10) 981-985 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM65\u002FAM65_981.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":287,"year":288,"html":289,"doi":290},3475,1983,"Scott Smith, Barbara H., Michael Skinner, E., Roger Clement, C. (1983) Further data on the occurrence of pectolite in kimberlite. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  47 (342) 75-78 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1983.047.342.13'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1983.047.342.13\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_47\u002F47-342-75.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1983.047.342.13",{"id":292,"year":293,"html":294,"doi":295},531336,1989,"Woodruff, Robert E., Fritsch, Emmanuel (1989) Blue Pectolite from the Dominican Republic. \u003Ci>Gems & Gemology\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (4). 216-225 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5741\u002Fgems.25.4.216'>doi:10.5741\u002Fgems.25.4.216\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gia.edu\u002Fdoc\u002FBlue-Pectolite-from-the-Dominican-Republic.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.5741\u002Fgems.25.4.216",{"id":297,"year":298,"html":299,"doi":300},393785,1998,"Hammer, Vera M. F., Libowitzky, Eugen, Rossman, George R. (1998) Single-crystal IR spectroscopy of very strong hydrogen bonds in pectolite, NaCa2[Si3O8(OH)], and serandite, NaMn2[Si3O8(OH)]. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  83 (5) 569-576 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-1998-5-617'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-1998-5-617\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fam\u002Fvol83\u002FAM83_569.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-1998-5-617",{"id":302,"year":303,"html":304,"doi":11},16966611,2001,"(2001) Pectolite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fpectolite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":306,"year":307,"html":308,"doi":11},16119642,2014,"Rozhdestvenskaya, I.V., Vasilieva, V.A. (2014) Cation ordering and structural deformations in pectolite HNaCaSi3O9 - serandite HNaMn2Si3O9. Journal of Structural Chemistry: 55(7): 1268-1276.",{"id":310,"year":311,"html":312,"doi":313},7772427,2015,"Kowalczyk, Joanna, Natkaniec-Nowak, Lucyna, Wachowiak, Jacek (2015) Larimar – a unique pectolite rock from the Dominican Republic. \u003Ci>Geology, Geophysics & Environment\u003C\u002Fi>,  41 (1). 101-102 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.7494\u002Fgeol.2015.41.1.101'>doi:10.7494\u002Fgeol.2015.41.1.101\u003C\u002Fa>","10.7494\u002Fgeol.2015.41.1.101",{"id":315,"year":311,"html":316,"doi":317},16395984,"Frost, Ray L., López, Andrés, Theiss, Frederick L., Romano, Antônio Wilson, Scholz, Ricardo (2015) A vibrational spectroscopic study of the silicate mineral pectolite – NaCa2Si3O8(OH) \u003Ci>Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>, 134. 58-62 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2014.06.097'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2014.06.097\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2014.06.097",{"id":319,"year":320,"html":321,"doi":322},129724,2018,"Nagashima, Mariko, Imaoka, Teruyoshi, Fukuda, Chihiro, Pettke, Thomas (2018) Relationship between cation substitution and hydrogen-bond system in hydrous pyroxenoids with three-periodic single-chain of SiO4 tetrahedra: pectolite, murakamiite, marshallsussmanite, serandite and tanohataite. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  30 (3) 451-463 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F2018\u002F0030-2744'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F2018\u002F0030-2744\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F2018\u002F0030-2744",{"id":324,"year":325,"html":326,"doi":327},13664641,2021,"Lussier, Aaron J., Grice, Joel D., Friis, Henrik, Poirier, Glenn G. (2021) Insights into the crystal chemistry of the serandite–schizolite–pectolite series. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>, 59 (3) 551-572 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1900097'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1900097\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1900097",[329,339,346,356,364,370,377,382,390,398,406,415,422,430,437,444,453,459,468,474,481,489,497,505,514,520,528,536,542],{"id":330,"source_url":331,"license_code":332,"credit_html":333,"title":334,"description":335,"author":336,"original_width":337,"original_height":338},18967,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10120281","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10120281\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-21145.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Fine radial growth of lustrous white Pectolite. The pearly luster is so good that it just mesmerizes! A very rich piece for what it is, though not a thrilling species per se.  7.0 x 6.3 x 3.4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",570,700,{"id":340,"source_url":341,"license_code":342,"credit_html":343,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":344,"original_height":345},30423,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F114900","CC BY 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F114900\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,666,{"id":347,"source_url":348,"license_code":349,"credit_html":350,"title":351,"description":352,"author":353,"original_width":354,"original_height":355},72997,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6799192","Public domain","Miyuki Meinaka, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6799192\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spheroidal crystal of Pectolite.jpg","This is a spheroidal crystal of Pectolite. It was produced in Millington Quarry, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, America. University of Tsukuba is owning this.","Miyuki Meinaka",1280,960,{"id":357,"source_url":358,"license_code":332,"credit_html":359,"title":360,"description":361,"author":336,"original_width":362,"original_height":363},18968,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138470","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138470\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-112882.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBergen_Hill\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bergen Hill\">Bergen Hill\u003C\u002Fa>, Bergen County & Hudson County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-7251.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>New Jersey collectors tend to ravenously snap up these old NJ classics - this one was at one time in the Seaman Museum collection. It is a rich specimen of pectolite that shows off wonderfully the radial structure of the crystals, which forms balls resulting in a botryoidal surface. The crystals have a silky shimmer to them.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,537,{"id":365,"source_url":366,"license_code":367,"credit_html":368,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":344,"original_height":369},30424,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F94590","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F94590\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",707,{"id":371,"source_url":372,"license_code":332,"credit_html":373,"title":374,"description":375,"author":336,"original_width":362,"original_height":376},18969,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139113","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139113\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-118245.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone County Quarry; Tilcon Quarry), Bernards Township, Somerset County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3952.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.6 x 5.9 x 2.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Pectolites are probably the most significant mineral specimens to come out of the Millington Quarry recently, and in fact are some of the best in the world for the species. They are distinctive for their gorgeous peachy-mauve color, and perfectly rounded forms. This is a shallow vug of these mammillary forms, and you can see around the periphery how they are formed from thousands of densely-packed radial acicular crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",442,{"id":378,"source_url":379,"license_code":367,"credit_html":380,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":344,"original_height":381},30425,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F90958","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F90958\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",727,{"id":383,"source_url":384,"license_code":332,"credit_html":385,"title":386,"description":387,"author":336,"original_width":388,"original_height":389},18970,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161952","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161952\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-219068.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAsbestos\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Asbestos\">Asbestos\u003C\u002Fa>, Les Sources RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEstrie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Estrie\">Estrie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-581.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.5 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Pectolite is the calcium analogue of serandite and is a member of the wollastonite group of mineral species. Superb serandites are synonymous with Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec and superb pectolites are synonymous with the Jeffrey Mine of Quebec. This aesthetic specimen of glassy, tabular, colorless blades has a large single crystal with a beautiful, fan-like, diverging spray of smaller crystals on one side. This is a superb, pristine specimen from the Dr. Gary Hansen Collection and dates to the 1970s or early 80s.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",325,550,{"id":391,"source_url":392,"license_code":332,"credit_html":393,"title":394,"description":395,"author":336,"original_width":396,"original_height":397},18971,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169799","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169799\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-263712.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone County Quarry; Tilcon Quarry), Bernards Township, Somerset County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3952.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.2 x 8.7 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The now closed Millington Quarry is over 100 years old (it opened in 1895). Starting in the late 1970's the quarry reopened and started producing a large number of some of the most interesting and treasured specimens from this incredible Trap Rock quarry. This is one of the most famous Trap Rock quarries in New Jersey and perhaps its greatest claim to fame is its spectacular Pectolite specimens. This particular piece hosts several pale greenish color radiating spherical aggregates of Pectolite measuring up to 1.3 cm across sitting atop which are associated with Pyrite crystals on basalt. Now that the mineralized zone at Millington is finished, you will not see any more of these beautiful specimens on the market anymore. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",511,432,{"id":399,"source_url":400,"license_code":332,"credit_html":401,"title":402,"description":403,"author":336,"original_width":404,"original_height":405},73000,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10132432","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10132432\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-46857.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FProspect_Park\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prospect Park\">Prospect Park\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPassaic_County,_New_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Passaic County, New Jersey\">Passaic County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4545.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Light gray, botryoidal pectolite clusters are soft and felt-like to the touch. The complimentary, off-white, radial, broken, inner pectolite cores are hard and highlight the growth patterns of the pectolite. The pectolite-filled vug sits very nicely on a rind of basalt. 14.5 x 14.5 x 7.0 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",601,676,{"id":407,"source_url":408,"license_code":349,"credit_html":409,"title":410,"description":411,"author":412,"original_width":413,"original_height":414},18972,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15513201","Yaiba Sakaguchi, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15513201\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-342708.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa> (crystal size: 20 mm tall) \n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Yaiba Sakaguchi",1024,768,{"id":416,"source_url":417,"license_code":332,"credit_html":418,"title":419,"description":420,"author":336,"original_width":362,"original_height":421},73001,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135256","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135256\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-54540.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPaterson,_New_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paterson, New Jersey\">Paterson\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPassaic_County,_New_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Passaic County, New Jersey\">Passaic County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3954.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A BIG, RICH specimen of old New Jersey pectolite - shimmering, radial sprays of acicular crystals in a solid vein 2 inches thick in the matrix! Ex Gary Hansen collection 11.1 x 10.1 x 9.1cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",513,{"id":423,"source_url":424,"license_code":332,"credit_html":425,"title":426,"description":427,"author":336,"original_width":428,"original_height":429},73002,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166420","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166420\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-246314.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBergen_Hill\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bergen Hill\">Bergen Hill\u003C\u002Fa>, Bergen County & Hudson County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-7251.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 17.4 x 15.2 x 6.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fantastic large specimen of Pectolite from the historic Bergen Hill area in New Jersey. The piece features a large amount of white radial aggregates of Pectolite wedged between diabase. A great large cabinet from this famous area in the Hudson Palisades. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",583,504,{"id":431,"source_url":432,"license_code":332,"credit_html":433,"title":434,"description":435,"author":336,"original_width":436,"original_height":362},73003,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166616","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166616\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-247768.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAsbestos\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Asbestos\">Asbestos\u003C\u002Fa>, Les Sources RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEstrie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Estrie\">Estrie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-581.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.3 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Pectolite is the calcium analogue of serandite and is a member of the wollastonite group of mineral species. Superb serandites are synonymous with Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec and superb pectolites are synonymous with the Jeffrey Mine of Quebec. This excellent specimen is a glassy, tabular, colorless blade with a one-sided, chisel termination. The crystal is fairly large for the species and locale and is complete-all-around and pristine. This fine thumbnail is from the Carl Davis Collection and dates to the 1970s or early 1980s.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",415,{"id":438,"source_url":439,"license_code":332,"credit_html":440,"title":441,"description":442,"author":336,"original_width":362,"original_height":443},73007,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10451483","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10451483\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-lw58a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAsbestos\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Asbestos\">Asbestos\u003C\u002Fa>, Les Sources RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEstrie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Estrie\">Estrie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-581.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Pectolite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Lovely spray of really outstanding, isolated Pectolite crystals (not jus tthe usual hairy needles, but real crystals!) up to about 2.8 cm in length. Each needle has a beautiful glassy luster accenting a rich pearly-white color, with some of the crystals grading into gemmy tips. A very fine aesthetic specimen from a classic locality (NOW CLOSED).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",487,{"id":445,"source_url":446,"license_code":367,"credit_html":447,"title":448,"description":449,"author":450,"original_width":451,"original_height":452},73008,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=99173461","Mistasa, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=99173461\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pektolit1.jpg","Pectolite filling joint in melafyr; Košťálov, Czech Republic; size 88x68x58 mm","Mistasa",4128,3096,{"id":454,"source_url":455,"license_code":332,"credit_html":456,"title":457,"description":458,"author":336,"original_width":362,"original_height":362},72999,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10109424","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10109424\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Pectolite-20280.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An arborescent cluster, complete all around, of stacked rhodo rhombohedra. Specimen size: 6 x 5 x 4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":460,"source_url":461,"license_code":342,"credit_html":462,"title":463,"description":464,"author":465,"original_width":466,"original_height":467},18973,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588346","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588346\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pektolith Prehnit 2.jpg","Pectolite and prehnite from Talnakh, Norilsk, Siberia, Russia","Slashme",5198,3462,{"id":469,"source_url":470,"license_code":342,"credit_html":471,"title":472,"description":464,"author":465,"original_width":473,"original_height":467},18974,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588347","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588347\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pektolith Prehnit 1.jpg",5196,{"id":475,"source_url":476,"license_code":332,"credit_html":477,"title":478,"description":479,"author":336,"original_width":480,"original_height":397},55288,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176979","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176979\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pectolite-Apophyllite-(KF)-228511.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApophyllite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apophyllite\">Apophyllite-(KF)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone County Quarry; Tilcon Quarry), Bernards Township, Somerset County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3952.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.5 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The now closed Millington Quarry is over 100 years old (it opened in 1895). Starting in the late 1970's the quarry reopened and started producing a large number of specimens. This piece has several pale greenish color radiating spherical aggregates of Pectolite measuring up to 2.1 cm with prismatic Apophyllite crystals on basalt. There is also one small gray-tan Calcite crystal inside the vug of Pectolite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",505,{"id":482,"source_url":483,"license_code":332,"credit_html":484,"title":485,"description":486,"author":336,"original_width":487,"original_height":488},73005,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177214","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177214\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Heulandite-Pectolite-Calcite-245535.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHeulandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Heulandite\">Heulandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApophyllite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apophyllite\">Apophyllite-(KF)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPaterson,_New_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paterson, New Jersey\">Paterson\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPassaic_County,_New_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Passaic County, New Jersey\">Passaic County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3954.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.5 x 9.2 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sculptural, classic cabinet combination specimen from one of the famous traprock basalt quarries at Paterson, New Jersey. Pearlescent, saddle-shaped heulandite crystals richly fill the showy vug and are nicely accented with radial sprays of snow-white pectolite and small crystals of calcite and apophyllite. Excellent, highly representative older material from the Mullane Collection and comes with an older faded label.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",599,463,{"id":490,"source_url":491,"license_code":349,"credit_html":492,"title":493,"description":494,"author":495,"original_width":413,"original_height":496},65703,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34653235","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34653235\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Makatite, Pectolite-457227.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMakatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Makatite\">Makatite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size ~ 2½ x 2½ x 2½ cm. MOB coll.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A not so hot attempt to capture the (LW) UV response. To the naked eye, the makatite response appears strong greenish white SW, less bright LW (this photo). The pectolite is pink\u002Fviolet\u002Fblue (mostly LW). But neither color is as saturated as this photo would lead you to believe. Unfortunately it’s the best I can do. I’m not a UV photographer.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>However, my point is this: You would never mistake the UV response of pectolite for that of makatite. Hence UV response may be helpful in distinguishing makatite from pectolite specimens such as \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-449516.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-449516.html\u003C\u002Fa> which are often labeled “makatite”. Unfortunately, the UV response of both makatite and pectolite is sometimes weak or non-existent. So the UV test won’t work in such cases.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>See \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-449515.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-449515.html\u003C\u002Fa> for a detailed description of what the UV response “should” be as well as other info.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Modris Baum",552,{"id":498,"source_url":499,"license_code":500,"credit_html":501,"title":502,"description":503,"author":495,"original_width":504,"original_height":413},23477,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=86327257","CC0 1.0","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=86327257\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tainiolite, Pectolite-453889.jpg","The tainiolite xl spans ~ 2 mm. Found April 2000 (Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada). MOB coll. This is the most euhedral xl on the specimen but it’s most inconveniently stuck in a cavity behind pectolite xls with fibrous terminations. The tainiolite is actually pale greenish\u002Ftan\u002Fgray with a silvery luster but it wasn’t possible to show that in this view. The tainiolite does not fluoresce – i.e. it isn’t polylithionite. But it is exceptionally well formed for the species at MSH. From the same (visually) verified find as \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-471616.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fphoto-471616.html\u003C\u002Fa> There is a stereo child photo.",892,{"id":506,"source_url":507,"license_code":508,"credit_html":509,"title":510,"description":511,"author":512,"original_width":513,"original_height":414},5311,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=64181840","CC BY 3.0","John Sobolewski (JSS), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=64181840\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fedorite, Charoite, Pectolite-722199.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFedorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fedorite\">Fedorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCharoite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Charoite\">Charoite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Dimensions: 35 mm x 31 mm x 10 mm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Locality: Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Description: Light colored masses of Fedorite with minor pinkish Charoite and greenish Pectolite. JSS collection and photo.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","John Sobolewski (JSS)",996,{"id":515,"source_url":516,"license_code":508,"credit_html":517,"title":518,"description":511,"author":512,"original_width":519,"original_height":414},5312,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=64181845","John Sobolewski (JSS), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=64181845\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fedorite, Charoite, Pectolite-722200.jpg",974,{"id":521,"source_url":522,"license_code":332,"credit_html":523,"title":524,"description":525,"author":336,"original_width":526,"original_height":527},16655,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10109404","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10109404\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monteregianite-(Y)-Aegirine-Pectolite-20265.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonteregianite-(Y)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monteregianite-(Y)\">Monteregianite-(Y)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A VERY fine example of this rare species from MSH, consisting of sharp parallel crystals to 1.4 cm in a cluster atop contrasting matrix of pectolite. The Monteregianite has excellent waxy lustre for the species, and the crystals are of a size that would have to be considered exceptional and difficult to obtain in such form. 4 x 3 x 2 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,300,{"id":529,"source_url":530,"license_code":332,"credit_html":531,"title":532,"description":533,"author":336,"original_width":534,"original_height":535},60268,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177837","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177837\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apophyllite-(KOH)-Inesite-Pectolite-290171.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApophyllite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apophyllite\">Apophyllite-(KOH)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FInesite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Inesite\">Inesite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3071.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8 x 4 x 4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An excellent cluster of blocky Hydroxyapophyllite on a matrix of radial Inesite sprays and white Pectolite (probable). The Hydroxyapophyllites have superb luster, are partially gemmy, and an attractive light peach color (included by manganese?). Note this is not the more common fluor-varietal of Apophyllite. This species is much rarer, and these crystals are among the world’s finest of this species. Additionally the color is a rarity. The crystal is a very significant 4 cm long by 3.7 cm wide and has mesmerizing high lustre and translucency. A superb example of a rare species. Ex. Charlie Key.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",460,340,{"id":537,"source_url":538,"license_code":332,"credit_html":539,"title":540,"description":533,"author":336,"original_width":541,"original_height":534},60269,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177838","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177838\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apophyllite-(KOH)-Inesite-Pectolite-290172.jpg",327,{"id":543,"source_url":544,"license_code":332,"credit_html":545,"title":546,"description":533,"author":336,"original_width":534,"original_height":547},60270,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177841","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10177841\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apophyllite-(KOH)-Inesite-Pectolite-290174.jpg",362,[549],{"id":550,"url":551,"label":552,"formula":553,"spacegroup":554,"year":262},10538,"\u002Fcif\u002F10538.cif","Prewitt 1967","Ca2 Na H Si3 O9","P -1",[556,557,558,559,560,561,562,563,564,565,566,567],"Alaska Jade","Gonsogolit","Gonsogolita","Gonsogolite","Osmelite","Osmelith","Pecktolit","Pecktolita","Pecktolite","Pectolit","Ratholite","Stellite",[569,573,577,580,584,588,592,595,599,603,608,612,615,619,623,627,631,635,638,641,645,649,654,657,660],{"lang":570,"names":571},"az",[572],"pektolit",{"lang":574,"names":575},"ca",[576],"pectolita",{"lang":578,"names":579},"cs",[572],{"lang":581,"names":582},"de",[93,583],"Pektolith",{"lang":585,"names":586},"es",[587],"Pectolita",{"lang":589,"names":590},"et",[591],"pektoliit",{"lang":593,"names":594},"eu",[587],{"lang":596,"names":597},"fa",[598],"پکتولیت",{"lang":600,"names":601},"fi",[602],"Pektoliitti",{"lang":604,"names":605},"fr",[559,606,607],"Jade d'Alaska","pectolite",{"lang":609,"names":610},"he",[611],"פקטוליט",{"lang":613,"names":614},"it",[7],{"lang":616,"names":617},"ja",[618],"ペクトライト",{"lang":620,"names":621},"ka",[622],"პექტოლიტი",{"lang":624,"names":625},"ko",[626],"펙톨라이트",{"lang":628,"names":629},"nb",[630],"pektolitt",{"lang":632,"names":633},"nl",[634],"pectoliet",{"lang":636,"names":637},"nn",[630],{"lang":639,"names":640},"pl",[572],{"lang":642,"names":643},"ta",[644],"பெக்டோலைட்டு",{"lang":646,"names":647},"uk",[648],"пектоліт",{"lang":650,"names":651},"zh",[652,653],"針鈉鈣石","针钠钙石",{"lang":655,"names":656},"zh-cn",[653],{"lang":658,"names":659},"zh-hans",[653],{"lang":661,"names":662},"zh-hant",[652],"Q423058",{"history":665,"applications":669},{"markdown":666,"model_version":667,"prompt_version":668,"reviewed_at":11},"The name comes from the Greek *pēktós* — compacted — chosen for a mineral that resists being crushed to powder[1]. The German mineralogist Franz von Kobell coined it in 1828, writing it *Pektolith* in the literature of the day[2]. He was describing specimens from the mountains of Trento Province in northern Italy, where the mineral was first found at Mount Baldo[3].\n\nFor more than a century after that, pectolite stayed a mineralogist's mineral — known, named, and otherwise unremarkable. Its second life began on a Caribbean beach.\n\n### The blue stone of Barahona\n\nIn 1916, a parish priest near Barahona in the Dominican Republic asked the authorities for permission to mine a blue rock he had found[4]. The request went nowhere, and the stone was forgotten again. The few pieces anyone saw were loose pebbles, washed down to the sea by the Bahoruco River[5].\n\nThe rediscovery came in 1974. A Dominican named Miguel Méndez and a Peace Corps volunteer, Norman Rilling, found the blue stones on a beach at the foot of the Bahoruco Mountain Range[6]. Méndez gave the gem its name. He joined his young daughter's name, Larissa, to *mar* — Spanish for sea. The result, *Larimar*, was meant to suggest the colours of the Caribbean water where the pebbles turned up[7].","claude-opus-4-8","1.7.0",{"markdown":670,"model_version":667,"prompt_version":668,"reviewed_at":11},"Almost everything pectolite is used for comes down to one blue stone. The sky-blue variety sold as Larimar is a prized gemstone, cut and polished for jewellery[1]. Its colour sets it apart: where ordinary pectolite is white or grey, Larimar turns a volcanic blue because copper takes the place of some of the calcium in the crystal[2].\n\nThe cut stones are usually set in silver; the finest grades are sometimes set in gold[3]. Quality is judged by the colour and by the crystal pattern visible in the stone[4]. Larimar comes from a single source — a mountainside at Los Chupaderos near Barahona, in the Dominican Republic, now pierced by roughly 2,000 vertical mine shafts[5]. That one deposit supplies the world.\n\nBeyond Larimar, pectolite has no industrial use. White and grey pectolite, with its needle-like radiating crystals, is collected and shown as mineral specimens, but it is not mined for any commercial purpose."]