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Calcite Gyrolite & Okenite

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CAM58447

Calcite Gyrolite & Okenite

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Description
Locality: 
Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

A colorles transparent 1.6 cm large calcite crystal associated with some gyrolite spheres and a okenite ball. A very attractive and showy display specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Gyrolite

Formula: 
NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
The Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK

Okenite

Formula: 
CaSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Qutdligssat (Kudlisat), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland
Cartils Minerals

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