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Stilbite

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Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Carbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Weight: 
157.00gr
Description

A thin matrix of black basalt host creamy white sheaf like crystals of stilbite with a couple of small mesolite. Very clean and bright specimen from a rarely offered location.

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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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