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Thomsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Gaulsberg Quarry, Ortenberg, Wetterau, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Boxed sample of unusual aggregates of thomsonite surrounded by twins of phillipsite from Gaulsberg quarry, which is inactive since Jan. 2010. Collected by the seller in April 2001.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thomsonite

Synonym Of: 

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Thomsonite-Sr

Formula: 
Na(Sr,Ca)2[Al5Si5O20]·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0

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