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Okenite With Laumontite Calcite & Gyrolite

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Okenite With Laumontite Calcite & Gyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Hairy puffballs of okenite, white massive crystal balls of gyrolite, some calcite crystals and a little laumontite (which is not stable, I'm afraid). Rather nice specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okenite

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

Laumontite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

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

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