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Apophyllite On Stellerite

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Apophyllite On Stellerite

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Locality: 
Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
64.00gr
Description

Half round ball of stellerite on matrix with cubical crystals of clear apophyllite grown over the surface. Unwanted portion of balsalt rock around the specimen is cut using machine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apophyllite

Synonym Of: 

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Fluorapophyllite-(Na)

Formula: 
NaCa4(Si8O20)F·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Stellerite

Formula: 
Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mednyi Island, Commander Islands (Komandorskije ostrova), Bering Sea, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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