Scapolite Max Gallegos with minor etching near the

with minor etching near the bottom edge

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

Specimen #MAD61615

the piece is nearly a “floater” showing only the smallest of points of attachment and is crystallized 99

Scapolite Max Gallegos with minor etching near theA 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.