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Okenite With Gyrolite

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Okenite With Gyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
1.00gr
Description

Ball of puffy hairy okenite with white crystal of gyrolite permanently mounted in a display box using hot glue to avoid any damages.

Mines in Malad, Mumbai producing top quality Okenite & Prehnite are already closed since last 5-6 years due to expansion of the residential locality around. However some specimens are found in nearby area while digging the foundation for new big buildings.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okenite

Formula: 
CaSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Qutdligssat (Kudlisat), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland

Gyrolite

Formula: 
NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
The Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK

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