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Chabazite-Ca & Calcite

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Chabazite-Ca & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.7 × 3.7 cm
Description

orange pseudocubic crystals of chabazite-Ca hosting hundreds tiny white calcite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Colle del Lares, San Nicolò Valley, Buffaure Group, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Calcite

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