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Stilbite

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Stilbite

ex wilnsdorf mineral show 2014
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Description
Locality: 
Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjörđur, Fjarðabyggð, Reydarfjördur, Eastern Region, Iceland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2 × 1.6 cm
Description

White crystals of stilbite together grown to nice groups with silky lustre.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White