Scapolite Max Gallegos rich sienna-red colored 9 mm

rich sienna-red colored 9 mm crystal of Brookite is aesthetically flaring off the contrasting host rock matrix

then a stark black zone on the pyramidal termination on the other end

With moderate backlighting

Specimen # AMAZWH111916

with minor etching near the bottom edge

Scapolite Max Gallegos rich sienna-red colored 9 mmA robust and stout Scapolite (Marialite) crystal from this famous locality in Tanzania. This marble occurrence has given collectors some of the finest crystallized examples of Scapolite out there. Scapolite from Tanzania has a unique, beautiful golden color and excellent crystal form which is so absent in other golden colored Scapolites from other localities. Often, they are slender, and to find a stalky crystal like this is uncommon in my experience.