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Gobbinsite

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Description
Locality: 
Gobbins, Island Magee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

a 1.2 x 0.9 cm area of gobbinsite on basalt matrix from the type locality, with a 1.5cm vug of gmelinite. A good example of the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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