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Datolite With Analcime

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Datolite With Analcime

Ex Sasamoto coll., Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Iwato Mine, Toroku Mine, Takachiho, Nishiusuki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

A light blueish-green datolite of nearly 1 cm size in a lawn of lustrous colorless analcime crystals. Nice. Comes with a copy of antique Sasamoto label. Hyuga Province was an old province of Japan on the east coast of Kyushu, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki Prefecture.
Weight: 28 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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