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Brewsterite

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Brewsterite

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Description
Locality: 
Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

A great specimen with sharp crystals of one of the rarest minerals in the zeolite group from perhaps the best location of the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brewsterite

Synonym Of: 

Brewsterite-Ba

Formula: 
(Ba,Sr)[Al2Si6O16]·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.20
Hardness: 
5.0

Brewsterite-Sr

Formula: 
(Sr,Ba,Ca)[Al2Si6O16]·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group
Peter Crozier Minerals