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Stilbite

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Stilbite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Beautiful stilbite bow tie with calcite crystals from a classic locality collected 1937.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White