I am not much of a specimen collector but I wound up with a couple that intrigue me.
Yesterday I met young man who works in the rock crushing industry. He works for a mobile crushing outfit and has the opportunity to put his eyes on a lot of fresh broken rock from a variety of quarries in western Oregon.
He bought a collector piece off of my ebay shop and as he was local he wanted to meet up and talk rocks.
He brought some pieces to share and I left the meet-up with two specimens.
First, I believe he gave me a nice piece of fibrous mesolite. Fairly common here in weathered basalt. The second piece however, looks to be mesolite sprays encased in calcite. Hard to photograph.
I have never seen this before and wonder if any of you have.
Can I polish the calcite to improve the visibility of the included mesolite?
Is this a collectable mineral assemblage?
Any input appreciated.
Thanks