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Brewsterite-Ba & Apophyllite

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Brewsterite-Ba & Apophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

FRom type locality minute colorless bresterite-(Ba) crystals and whitish apophyllite on braunite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brewsterite-Ba

Formula: 
(Ba,Sr)[Al2Si6O16]·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine deposit), Diana Township, Lewis Co., New York, USA

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

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