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Gonnardite & Phacolite On Ferroan Calcite

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Gonnardite & Phacolite On Ferroan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Boral Quarry, Bundoora, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Clear to white chabazite variety phacolite line the sides of a basaltic cavity. Three sprays of orange to brown sprays of ferroan calcite which are dusted with further phacolites, a white gonnardite sphere complimenting the phacolite & ferroan calcite. Collected in the 1990's from the now defunct Bundoora Quarry in metropolitian Melbourne.

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
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