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Faujasite-Na & Phillipsite-Ca

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Faujasite-Na & Phillipsite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

Faujasite na and phillipsite ca crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faujasite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.30
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lower Salt Lake Tuff, Puuloa Road, Oahu Island, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA