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Calcite & Saponite

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Description
Locality: 
Little Deerpark Quarry, Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

Basalt matrix with an amygdale lined with green coloured saponite 'balls' with a nice calcite 'flower' composed of opaque crystal rhoms.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Saponite

Formula: 
Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lizard Point, Landewednack, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

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