Prehnite with epidote polished tower Pick your own...:A The calcite contrasts beautifully with

The calcite contrasts beautifully with dark veining caused by pyrite

Many of these specimens are speckled with small pits on the faces

Hedenbergite is often green-to-olive-brown in color

visible through the pink chalcedony (in the botryoidal form just to the left of my thumbnail)

Approx point length: 2

Prehnite with epidote polished tower Pick your own...:A The calcite contrasts beautifully withApprox height: A 3. 5" sits wobbly! B 4" a bit precarious due to hollow base! C 3. 75" D 3. 5" E 3. 5" Alternately called points or obelisks, these towers are cut and polished from botryoidal prehnite pierced with dark needles of epidote. I prefer to pick towers with open cavities that reveal the mineral structure, and these points have excellent raw (natural, unpolished) edges and openings revealing the botryoidal prehnite formations. Prehnite and