Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Gmelinite-Na

Views:
Watches:
CSW958716

Gmelinite-Na

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Little Deerpark Quarry, Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Basalt matrix with nice hexagonal gmelinite-Na crystals associated with small colourless analcime and calcite crystals. The gmelinite-Na crystals vary in colour from white to orange with one amygdale lined with crystals that are orange with creamy white coloured pinacoids. A small area of a green copper secondary mineral is also present due to oxidation of native copper which occasionally occurs in amygdales in the Antrim Basalt Formation.

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Thank you for viewing my auctions. It goes without saying that maintaining high standards in both specimen quality and customer service are extremely important to me. If for any reason you are not happy with any aspect of your transaction then please let me know as soon as possible, ideally within 1 week of receiving your specimen. I will happily do all in my power to resolve the situation to your satisfaction. If your specimen is damaged upon delivery simply send me some photos to verify this and I'll provide you with a full refund or a replacement specimen, whichever you prefer.