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Natrolite & Analcime

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Natrolite & Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tier, Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.1 × 2.4 cm
Description

Small sprays of thin acicular natrolite crystals some iron stained red at their base on beds of analcime crystals in cavities through a basaltic matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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