Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Thomsonite

Views:
Watches:
PCZ185084

Thomsonite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Fallowvee, Waterfoot, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Description

Superb balls of snow white radiating thomsonite blades up to 1.0 cm in diameter. This specimen is from a new find on Garron Head, Co. Antrim.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thomsonite

Synonym Of: 

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Thomsonite-Sr

Formula: 
Na(Sr,Ca)2[Al5Si5O20]·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Peter Crozier Minerals