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Laumontite & Calcite

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Laumontite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Crastu Muradu Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Milk-white crystals of laumontite with greenish calcite crystals. Unlike other locality, the crystals of this quarry do not tend to crumble over time, self-collected  in 1998 and are still perfect. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laumontite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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