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Mesolite On Stilbite

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Mesolite On Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 9.8 × 8.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Nice specimen with a single white rounded aggregate of acicular mesolite crystals on pale peach-pink stilbite. The ball measures 3 X 2.9 Cm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mesolite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0

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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