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I’ve posted some great chabazite specimens from Wasson’s Bluff in this Nova Scotia Update (click here).
This is the classic Canadian locality for chabazite, including the deep-coloured ones that were once known as “acadialite”, and many of the specimens in this update are this colour (there are also very fine cabinet specimens of the nice mid-orange colour.) Acadialite was named after Acadia (which is the English for L’Acadie, the colonial-era name for this part of Canada). The name “acadialite” is sometimes still seen on older collection labels, sometimes as a species name and sometimes as a varietal name. Under current nomenclature, these specimens are known as chabazite, with “acadialite” now considered a historical synonym.
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 3.7 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 9.6 cm
Chabazite with Heaulandite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 2.8 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 9.0 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.4 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 6 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.3 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 2.2 cm
Chabazite, Wasson’s Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.0 cm