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Thomsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Funningur, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
17.50gr
Description

Recovered in 2011 from a new location.

Translucent pearl/pink spheres of thomsonite, var faroelite, on dark brown basalt.

Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thomsonite

Synonym Of: 

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Thomsonite-Sr

Formula: 
Na(Sr,Ca)2[Al5Si5O20]·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0

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