{"product_id":"86g-palygorskite-with-stellerite-specimen-from-tasmania-australia","title":"86g Palygorskite with Stellerite Specimen from Tasmania Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e*** All information about the metaphysical properties of the listings on this site is for reference only and is to be understood in this context. It is based on research of opinions and beliefs from different cultures today and throughout history and my own personal beliefs.The information is not to be taken as a replacement for a medical examination, diagnosis, or treatment. For medical advice, please consult a healthcare professional. ***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease message me prior to completion of your order for details on how to save on shipping costs by purchasing multiple items from my store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis interesting specimen of Palygorskite with Stellerite weighs 86g and measures 7cm x 4cm x 3cm. The specimen was found in the Brady’s Creek area of Tasmania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"277aa99f-9e20-4a40-8a48-e0554ce2cd36\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eBrady's Creek sits in the \u003cspan class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMeander Valley\/ Central Highlands, Tasmania, Australia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGeologically, it cuts through the exact same massive Jurrasic Dolerite formations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ethat host the famous Tungatinah and Tarraleah mineral veins. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhen a creek cuts through this type of bedrock, it erodes and exposes the mineralized veins hiding inside the rock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"0b444df5-2093-4521-aed0-14e7d54274d8\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eWhen Tasmania's massive Dolerite sheets fractured millions of years ago, low-temperature, mineral-rich fluids filled the gaps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"3e3c9306-ab60-4f66-b8db-b8ada61f7993\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);' style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. The fluids were rich in magnesium and aluminium, depositing Palygorskite clay along the vein walls first\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. As the fluid chemistry changed and became richer in calcium and silica, Stellerite crystals nucleated right on top of the clay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePalygorskite:-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"e0057b1d-ba7e-4628-b032-2cc57bf8f96e\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eAlso known commercially as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAttapulgite, Palygorskite \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"1ee4212e-8f2e-4519-81d6-c09093bcbb05\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eis a lightweight magnesium-aluminium clay mineral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"3025f826-896e-4682-90cd-caca072abdae\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e. Unlike typical plate-like clays, its internal structure contains extended silicon-oxygen ribbons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"08a556eb-1141-49ce-9430-f071d2e29968\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e, resulting in a unique fibrous morphology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"6cc27420-43a5-43ec-8eb7-c0c45043b86e\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eWhen found in compact, interwoven felted sheets, it resembles a tough fabric, earning it the traditional names \u003c\/span\u003e“mountain leather” or “mountain cork”. \u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"3307568f-11e0-425b-b0c0-3985730be7d3\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eDue to its high structural porosity, it serves as an excellent industrial absorbent, stabilizer in drilling muds, and filler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"051e2147-b4b5-425e-a99e-e13bb041e825\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e. Historically, it was a crucial ingredient mixed with indigo by the ancient Maya to produce the remarkably durable pigment known as “Maya Blue”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"051e2147-b4b5-425e-a99e-e13bb041e825\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eStellerite:-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"051e2147-b4b5-425e-a99e-e13bb041e825\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"716d6a5d-0584-4a46-8034-b98edb66e070\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eStellerite is a relatively rare mineral belonging to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"051e2147-b4b5-425e-a99e-e13bb041e825\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"716d6a5d-0584-4a46-8034-b98edb66e070\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eStilbite Subgroup of the broader \u003cspan class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"d6e290cb-a6a7-48f6-bca1-be6cd8e189e1\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eZeolite Group. Discovered on the Commander Islands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"983f9cc7-c48b-4b14-843b-59afb6764846\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e, it is the symmetrical, calcium-rich, sodium-free end-member of its mineral series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"051e2147-b4b5-425e-a99e-e13bb041e825\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"983f9cc7-c48b-4b14-843b-59afb6764846\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eStellerite \u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"188466ec-3fb4-4550-aafb-f4887c221a2f\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003efrequently forms gorgeous, translucent crystals clustered in distinctive fanning \"sheafs\" or round, radiating balls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"d38eaedd-a818-4eef-b659-a182eb76bc21\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e. Visually, it is nearly impossible to separate from its monoclinic cousin, stilbite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"8c1bc856-5682-4f2b-9652-556f6a65ae86\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e. Precise chemical tests are required to confirm its perfect orthorhombic internal alignment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-icl-uuid=\"c35808a2-4e14-4eb4-94b1-ee57dd529051\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e. Like other Zeolites,, Stellerite contains open structural channels capable of trapping specific molecules, making it valuable for research into advanced filtration and chemical catalysts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NaturesgiftsByChris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50206015291669,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0870\/2453\/3781\/files\/IMG_8386.jpg?v=1790407818","url":"https:\/\/naturesgiftsbychris.com\/products\/86g-palygorskite-with-stellerite-specimen-from-tasmania-australia","provider":"NaturesgiftsByChris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}