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Thomsonite-Ca

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Thomsonite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Quiraing, Staffin, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Description

Basalt matrix richly covered with small thomsonite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK