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Datolite & Pericline

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Datolite & Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Hollersbach im Pinzgau, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9.6 × 10.1 cm
Description

Imposant matrix specimen of crystallised periclin accompanied with several Datolite crystals. There is also some green chlorine present which enhances the contrast in a good way.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0