Mesolite

Oshima Quarry

Shimowada, Nanaho village, Otsuki city, Yamanashi pref., Japan

Field of view: 3 mm. Mesolite associated with Stilbite. The white fibers are mesolite. The transparent grains at the basement are stilbite. The brown fibers are glass roots.

Recovered from an open space of a stilbite vein in basalt erupted from a submarine volcano. Formed in the early Miocene (16 Ma).

Mesolite from this location was described in 1962.

Other localities

List of Japanese mesolite localities

Lake Sayama (Andesite, Radial)
Oshima Quarry (Basalt, Fibrous)