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Mordenite

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Description
Locality: 
Boghill Quarry, Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

This is the matrix free contents of a vug. Mordenite is not a common mineral from Antrim and this specimen shows compact radiations of the mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mordenite

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Morden, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Peter Crozier Minerals