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Mordenite & Chalcedony

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Mordenite & Chalcedony

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Description
Locality: 
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.6 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

White sprays of acicular cotton-like mordenite crystals on parallel grown blue chalcedony “stalactites”. Delicate and attractive combination.

The specimen belongs to a collection built from 1960’s to 1990’s, and it was acquired in 1981. The corresponding label will be given to the buyer.

Bought: 
1981
Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mordenite

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Morden, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

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

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