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Chabazite-Na

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Chabazite-Na

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Description
Locality: 
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

Specimen whit some very nice groups of crystals of chabazite-Na on matrix from the type locality. Thick tabular crystals of Chabazite-Na, first described by Levy in 1825 as "Herschelite". The prism of this crystals is built from alternating pyramidal faces.

 

Mineral Data
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Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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