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Cavansite & Stilbite

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Cavansite & Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm
Weight: 
125.00gr
Description

Very rare specimen of cavansite (calcium vanadium silicate) on silver color stilbite on matrix of fine heulandite. This specimen is from Dhoot Quarry in Wagholi, which are already closed few years before. 

Wagholi, Pune - India is the only one location in the whole world, where best quality Cavansite & Pentagonite is found. Due to expansion of localities around, mines are almost on the verge of closing down.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cavansite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White

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