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Natrolite Petrified Wood & Calcite

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Natrolite Petrified Wood & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sipi Caves, Mount Elgon, Manafwa District, Eastern Region, Uganda
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

There was  a new variety of these rare specimen from Uganda at the munich mineral show presented: Specimen with natrolithe with the on petrified wood(which is a very unusual paragenese),and now with nice honeycoloured calcite in between.Not only rare and difficult to get something out of Uganda,but also very aesthetic.

Not many samples to get... 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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