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Erionite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Kane's Quarry, Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Small vugs with reflective golden erionite sprays. A rarely offered locality for this species.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erionite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Maze (Mazé), Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Peter Crozier Minerals