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Gugiaite & Stilbite

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Gugiaite & Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Seula Mine, Mount Camoscio, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 5.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

another wonderful specimen featuring several vugs filled with quartz and orthoclase crystals covered by hundreds tiny white and colourless gugiaite crystals and some stilbite ; by reduction you can obtain many micro specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gugiaite

Formula: 
Ca2Be(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gujia village, Tangqiao, Zhangjiagang Co., Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China

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