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Faujasite-Ca & Phillipsite

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Faujasite-Ca & Phillipsite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

faujasite crystals with colourless phillipsite on limbergite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faujasite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na2,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.30
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Haselborn, Ilbeshausen, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany

Phillipsite

Synonym Of: 

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group