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Cavansite Calcite & Mordenite

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Cavansite Calcite & Mordenite

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Description
Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

A floater cavansite rosette accented by a golden calcite rhombohedron and white mordenite needles. Beautiful small rock!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cavansite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Mordenite

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Morden, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
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