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Gyrolite On Quartz

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Gyrolite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.8 × 5 × 6.6 cm
Weight: 
427.00gr
Description

Large, nice specimen with a crust of small quartz crystals and large gyrolite balls.

The specimen was bought in 1980 on munich mineral show. And was labeld with "Poona".

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gyrolite

Formula: 
NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
The Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White