Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Natrolite

Views:
Watches:
MCH684400

Natrolite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Saga #1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

A slightly reddish coloured rock (called spreustein), consisting almost entirely of natrolite, is hosting an approx. 2.5 x 1.5 cm cavity with some wonderful orange/red ball-formed aggregates of acicular natrolite crystals. There are also some other, smaller cavities present.

Specimen from the Langesundsfjord/Larvikite Region in Southern Norway. Collected in 1984.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps