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Ferrierite-Mg & Palygorskite

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Ferrierite-Mg & Palygorskite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Oladri Quarries, Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice red-orange spherical aggregate of tiny crystals of ferrierite Mg, on it  is deposed, but also near there are others, white aggregates of palygorskite crystals with its bizarre shape.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrierite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg,Na2,K2,Ca)3-5Mg[Al5-7Si27.5-31O72]·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kamloops Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Palygorskite

Formula: 
(Mg,Al)5(Si,Al)8O20(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Second Mine, Popovka River, Palygorskaya Distance of Perm Railways, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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