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Stilbite

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Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Hvítusteinar Quarry, Skálabøtnur, Skálafjørđur, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
60.00gr
Description

Hundreds of bright colourless and white Stilbite crystals grown as a mound on top of brown basalt.  A clean and sparkling example.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White

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