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Mordenite On Chalcedony

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Mordenite On Chalcedony

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Description
Locality: 
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 5 × 2.9 cm
Description

Fine specimen of mordenite with two different habits, tufts and spheres, on blue chalcedony.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
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