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Catapleiite

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Catapleiite

ex Dr. Harry von Eckermann Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Description

An old time specimen from the Langesundsfjord pegmatite region of Southern Norway: a 4 x 3.5 cm zone with redbrown coloured platy crystal aggregates of catapleiite on spreustein (= natrolite rock) with some aegirine.

The specimen is from the collection of the famous Swedish mineralogist Harry von Eckermann († 1969, the mineral Eckermannite is named after him) and is followed by an original label bonded in a cardboard box.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Catapleiite

Formula: 
Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CA.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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