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Heulandite

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Heulandite

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Description
Locality: 
Campos Novos, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

The piece is from only ONE single find in 1996. You don´t commonly see this: lustrous, flashy, GEMMY and razorsharp terminated Heulandite-crystals in exceptional dimension and undamaged. Balance, contrast and asethetics are superb.Extremly rare stuff, hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Heulandite

Synonym Of: 

Heulandite-Ba

Formula: 
(Ba,Ca,K,Na,Sr)5Al9Si27O72·22H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.5

Heulandite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Heulandite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Heulandite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Heulandite-Sr

Formula: 
(Sr,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Hardness: 
3 - 3.5
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White