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Cowlesite & Chabazite

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Cowlesite & Chabazite

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Description
Locality: 
Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Nice cowlesite and chabazite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cowlesite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si3O10·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GG.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA

Chabazite

Synonym Of: 

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Sr

Formula: 
Sr2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5