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Okenite On Apophyllite

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Okenite On Apophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

 A classic concave  thin crusted specimen, with matrix being delicate glassy apophyllite crystals on which puff ball domes of fine snow white okenite crystals have formed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okenite

Formula: 
CaSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Qutdligssat (Kudlisat), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland

Apophyllite

Synonym Of: 

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Fluorapophyllite-(Na)

Formula: 
NaCa4(Si8O20)F·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
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