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Analcime & Mesolite

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Analcime & Mesolite

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Description
Locality: 
Sund Old Quarry, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
55.00gr
Description

A clean and undamaged example of translucent white anaclime with minor mesolite on brown basalt matrix, from a rarely offered and now obliterated location.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Mesolite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0

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