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Gonnardite On Ferroan Calcite & Chabazite

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Gonnardite On Ferroan Calcite & Chabazite

Ex J & D Leach Collection # 1903

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Description
Locality: 
Boral Quarry, Bundoora, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

Bright white spheres on gonnardite on salmon coloured sprays of ferroan calcite with glass clear chabazite variety phacolite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gonnardite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
La Chaux de Bergonne, Gignat, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Ferroan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Fe)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Chabazite

Synonym Of: 

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Sr

Formula: 
Sr2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
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