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Scolecite With Zoisite

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Scolecite With Zoisite

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Description
Locality: 
An Gearna, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Small snow white scolecite crystals cover most of the display face highlighted with the green reflective ends of zoisite crystals protruding through. The zoisite crystals are exposed on three sides of the specimen and show a lovely pink colour with the green terminations. A nice specimen with a difference for the zeolite collector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scolecite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si3O10·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
white

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Prickler Halt, Ladinger Spitze - Speikkogel area, Saualpe, Carinthia, Austria
Peter Crozier Minerals