Mordenite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Compact, fibrous material is cabbed because the fibers provide a chatoyancy that sometimes yields weak catseyes. Coloration in the material is due to staining. This is a relatively unexciting mineral, and gems are equally uninspiring. Nevertheless, it has been reported as being cut for collectors.
Occurrence: In veins and cavities in igneous rocks; also forms as hydration product of natural glasses.
California; Idaho; Utah; Colorado; Wyoming.
Nova Scotia; Canada; Scotland; Iceland; Italy; India: Russia; Japan; New Zealand.
Comments: Compact, fibrous material is cabbed because the fibers provide a chatoyancy that sometimes yields weak catseyes. Coloration in the material is due to staining. This is a relatively unexciting mineral, and gems are equally uninspiring. Nevertheless, it has been reported as being cut for collectors.
Name: From the locality at Morden, King's County, Nova Scotia, where first found.
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