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Gobbinsite

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Description
Locality: 
Gobbins, Island Magee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 9 × 5 cm
Description

A basalt matrix with a number of vugs up to 1.0 cm infilled with radiating gobbinsite. A good example of the species from the type locality. ‘Clear-out Minerals’ is having its biggest clear-out yet as the starting price for everything in this auction is just $3 including specimens up to large cabinet size, and a number of type localities. A great chance to combine postage and collect a good suite of zeolites and associated species from an area famed for its minerals.

Mineral Data
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Gobbinsite

Formula: 
Na4(Ca,Mg,K2)Al6Si10O32·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hills Port, Gobbins, Island Magee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Peter Crozier Minerals