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Chalcedony On Scolecite

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Chalcedony On Scolecite

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Description
Locality: 
Sangamner, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Lovely chalcedony growing over needles of red scolecite. There is a nice contrast with a little green matrix. An attractive, and highly unusual specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Scolecite

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