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Okenite

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Description
Locality: 
Bombay Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9 × 6 cm
Description

Classic okenite puffball very well protected in its basalt geode, with small laumontite and prehnite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okenite

Formula: 
CaSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Qutdligssat (Kudlisat), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland
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