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Faujasite-Na & Phillipsite

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Faujasite-Na & Phillipsite

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Description
Locality: 
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 4 × 3.2 cm
Description

From the famous Limburg Quarries at Sasbach we have a piece of basalt loaded with cavities which are lined with a range of different zealots, there are star burst sprays of phillipsite and from this type locality pseudo octahedral crystals of faujasite Na

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faujasite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.30
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Phillipsite

Synonym Of: 

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group
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