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Flörkeite

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Flörkeite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

A very good sample of flörkeite, a rare and new member of the zeolite group, from the Type Locality. The specimen has, for this species, a good coverage of tiny lustrous colourless and transparent crystals of flörkeite on matrix.

Mineral Data
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Flörkeite

Formula: 
(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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