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Erionite Mordenite & Calcite

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Erionite Mordenite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

An amygdale in basalt matrix lined with white hair-like mordenite crystals in association with colourless calcite crystals and very rare clusters of golden, micro erionite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erionite

Synonym Of: 

Erionite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Erionite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Erionite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Mordenite

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Morden, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Calcite

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

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