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Gmelinite-Na

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Gmelinite-Na

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Description
Locality: 
Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Superb perfect gemmy pink crystals of gmelinite-na are formed within a basalt vug over a fine druse on analcime.

Crystals are to 1.1cm, sawn base, displays beautifully.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gmelinite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Nero Mt., San Pietro, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy